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. 2016 Jul;138(1):e20160120. doi: 10.1542/peds.2016-0120

TABLE 1.

Demographic Characteristics of Pediatric MS Patients

Characteristic Overall (N = 490)
Age at time of first event, mean ± SD [minimum–maximum], y 13.2 ± 3.87 [1.6–18.0]
 Male: mean ± SD [minimum–maximum], y 12.8 ± 4.16 [1.8–17.9]
 Female: mean ± SD [minimum–maximum], y 13.4 ± 3.70 [1.6–18.0]
Age <10 y at first event 84 (17.1)
Age <11 y at first event 107 (21.8)
Age <12 y at first event 139 (28.4)
Sex
 Male 166 (33.9)
 Female 324 (66.1)
Racea
 White 303 (67.0)
 Black/African American 93 (20.6)
 American Indian/Alaskan Native 8 (1.8)
 Asian 17 (3.8)
 Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 1 (0.2)
 Multiracial 30 (6.6)
Ethnicityb
 Hispanic or Latino 139 (30.2)
 Not Hispanic or Latino 321 (69.8)

Data are presented as N (%) unless indicated otherwise. Patients with unknown race (n = 38) or ethnicity (n = 30) are not included in percentage calculations.

a

Racial distribution for age <18 years according to 2012 US Census estimates: 73% white; 15% black/African American; 1.6% Native American/Alaskan Native; 4.8% Asian; 0.3% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander; and 4.8% multiracial.26

b

Ethnic distribution according to the 2010 US Census: 16% Hispanic or Latino; 84% non-Hispanic or Latino.27