Table 1. Clinical and demographic characteristics of MS patients and controls, stratified by sex.
| Characteristics | Patients | Controls | p-value | ||||||
| Total | Men | Women | p-value | Total | Men | Women | p-value | ||
| n (% of total) | 178 (100) | 67 (37.4) | 112 (62.6) | – | 124 (100) | 54 (43.5) | 70 (56.5) | – | n.s* |
| Age (years) (Mean ± SD) | 36.7±10.6 | 41.4±10.4 | 39.3±9.5 | n.s* | 40.1±9.9 | 38.8±9.1 | 41.0±11.6 | n.s* | n.s |
| RR (n (%)) | 112 (64.4) | 40 (61.5) | 72 (66.1) | n.s* | – | – | – | – | – |
| SP (n (%)) | 38 (21.8) | 14 (21.5) | 24 (22.0) | n.s* | – | – | – | – | – |
| PP (n (%)) | 24 (13.8) | 11 (16.9) | 13 (11.9) | n.s* | – | – | – | – | – |
| Disease duration (years) | 8.1±5.6 | 8.6±6.6 | 7.7±4.9 | n.s* | – | – | – | – | – |
| (Mean ± SD) | |||||||||
| Number of relapses in the lasttwo years (Mean ± SD) | 0.83±1.12 | 0.63±0.72 | 0.94±1.29 | n.s* | |||||
| Current EDSS score (Mean ± SD) | 2.93±2.4 | 2.85±2.24 | 2.97±2.50 | n.s* | – | – | – | – | – |
| Current MSSS score (Mean ± SD) | 3.97±3.09 | 3.79±2.79 | 4.08±3.16 | n.s* | |||||
*
n.s: Not statistically significant.