Table 3. Mean scores and odds ratios for activities of daily living by severity of neurological symptoms.
Neurological symptoms | Severe | Moderate | Mild | Hypersensitive | Nearly normal | P value† | |||||
Mean score* | Odds ratio† | Mean score* | Odds ratio† | Mean score* | Odds ratio† | Mean score* | Odds ratio† | Mean score* | Odds ratio† | ||
Visual impairment | 40.0 | 0.02 | 63.5 | 0.12 | 75.6 | 0.37 | - | - | 87.7 | 1.00 | <0.001 |
Dysbasia | 44.1 | 0.00 | 73.9 | 0.05 | 85.5 | 0.22 | - | - | 93.4 | 1.00 | <0.001 |
Symptoms of lower extremities | |||||||||||
Weakness | 49.2 | 0.01 | 77.6 | 0.13 | 89.5 | 0.45 | - | - | 94.5 | 1.00 | <0.001 |
Spasticity | 66.5 | 0.14 | 73.0 | 0.25 | 83.1 | 0.65 | - | - | 85.7 | 1.00 | <0.001 |
Amyotrophy | 38.9 | 0.02 | 65.4 | 0.09 | 81.9 | 0.39 | - | - | 90.6 | 1.00 | <0.001 |
Sensory symptoms | |||||||||||
Tactile sensation | 67.9 | 0.15 | 78.7 | 0.38 | 88.5 | 0.93 | 83.6 | 0.52 | 84.5 | 1.00 | <0.001 |
Algesthesia | 69.8 | 0.17 | 77.5 | 0.35 | 87.8 | 0.81 | 85.1 | 0.58 | 84.7 | 1.00 | <0.001 |
Vibratory sensation | 75.4 | 0.22 | 82.3 | 0.42 | 88.9 | 0.74 | - | - | 89.3 | 1.00 | <0.001 |
Dysesthesia | 72.6 | 0.24 | 82.6 | 0.57 | 88.8 | 1.18 | - | - | 81.7 | 1.00 | <0.001 |
* Mean activities of daily living score.
† Odds ratio and P value from the proportional odds model with activities of daily living as an ordinal dependent variable and sex, age, and a neurological symptom as independent variables.