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. 2012 Jun 18;10:70. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-10-70

Table 3.

Description of patient samples including completes and non-completes

 
Baseline (4,382 eligible)
1-Week Retest (391 eligible)
  Non-Completes Completes Sig. Non-Completes Completes Sig.
N of cases
3566
816
 
199
192
 
Sex
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Female (%)
2715 (76.1)
619 (75.9)
X2 = 15.25
151 (75.9)
144 (75.0)
X2 = 2.22
 Male (%)
622 (17.4)
170 (20.8)
df = 2
42 (21.1)
46 (24.0)
df = 2
 Not ascertained (%)
229 (6.4)
27 (3.3)
p < .001
5 (2.0)
2 (1.0)
p = .329
Age in years
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Mean (SD)
42.9 (9.9)
45.9 (9.8)
t = 7.61
45.5 (9.9)
46.5 (9.5)
t = .989
 Median (IQR)
43.0 (36–50)
47.0 (39–53)
df = 4,102
45.0 (38–53)
46.0 (40–53)
df = 377
 Range
15 - 81
19 - 73
p < 0.001
19 – 73
21 - 67
p = .323
 Not ascertained (%)
251 (7.0)
27 (3.3)
 
9 (4.5)
3 (1.6)
 
Years since MS diagnosis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Mean (SD)
6.5 (6.2)
6.6 (6.6)
t = .79
5.7 (7.7)
6.7 (6.3)
t = −.106
 Median (IQR)
4.0 (2–9)
4.0 (2–9)
df = 4,326
4.0 (2–9)
5.0 (2–9.8)
df = 388
 Range
0 - 39
0 - 52
p = .430
0 - 52
0 - 37
p = .916
 Not ascertained (%)
50 (1.4)
4 (0.5)
 
1 (0.5%)
0 (0.0)
 
Number (%) of reported relapses in previous 2 years
 
 
 
 
 
 0
2440 (68.4)
471 (57.7)
X2 = 53.82
119 (59.8)
108 (56.2)
X2 = 6.14
 1
719 (20.2)
182 (22.3)
df = 4
45 (22.5)
44 (22.9)
df = 4
 2
216 (6.1)
85 (10.4)
p < 0.001
20 (10.1)
15 (7.8)
p = .189
 3
106 (3.0)
35 (4.3)
 
5 (2.5)
15 (7.8)
 
 4 or more
85 (2.4)
43 (5.3)
 
10 (5.0)
10 (5.2)
 
PDDS group (%)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 normal
n/a
189 (23.2)
n/a
46 (23.1)
42 (21.9)
X2 = 4.55
 mild disability
n/a
107 (13.1)
 
26 (13.1)
26 (13.5)
df = 4
 moderate or gait disability
n/a
242 (29.7)
 
60 (30.2)
46 (24.0)
p = .225
 early cane
n/a
143 (17.5)
 
35 (17.6)
32 (16.7)
 
 late cane, bilateral support, wheelchair, or bedridden
n/a
135 (16.5)
 
32 (16.1)
46 (24.0)
 
Most recently entered profile MSRS (%)
 
 
 
 
 
 not ascertained
314 (8.8)
25 (3.1)
X2 = 47.515
11 (5.5)
1 (0.5)
X2 = 10.24
 0 to 9
341 (9.6)
84 (10.3)
df = 7
24 (12.1)
25 (13.0)
df = 7
 10 to 19
511 (14.3)
126 (15.4)
p < 0.001
23 (11.6)
31 (16.1)
p = .175
 20 to 29
544 (15.3)
131 (16.1)
 
28 (14.1)
28 (14.6)
 
 30 to 39
677 (19.0)
132 (16.2)
 
33 (16.6)
33 (17.2)
 
 40 to 49
413 (11.6)
87 (10.7)
 
20 (10.1)
16 (8.3)
 
 50 to 59
417 (11.7)
134 (16.4)
 
33 (16.6)
35 (18.2)
 
 60 or higher 97 (11.9) 97 (11.9)   27 (13.6) 23 (12.0)