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. 2017 Aug 28;8:437. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2017.00437

Table 3.

Contribution (coefficients) of disease characteristics to behavioral changes.

FrSBe self-ratings
FrSBe family ratings
Apathy Disinhibition Executive dysfunction Total score Apathy Disinhibition Executive dysfunction Total score
Age 0.11 −0.065 0.18 0.17 0.05 −0.25 −0.06 −0.04
Female vs. male 6.97 7.84 5.81 7.78* 5.77 3.65 5.11 4.8
Education duration (years) −0.14 0.82 0.32 0.48 −0.8 0.08 0.155 −0.16
Disease duration (years) −0.34 −0.03 −0.25 −0.205 0.6 0.77 0.3 0.62*
Examination duration (minutes) 0.47 −4.96* −0.39 −2.0 1.04 1.84 −0.26 0.35
MS type
 CIS vs. RRMS −7.79 −0.465 −5.095 −5.71 5.97 11.51 1.695 6.15
 SPMS vs. RRMS 3.03 −0.94 −2.68 1.355 9.46 −0.465 −4.9 4.78
 PPMS vs. RRMS −7.25 9.775 −7.32 −3.07 24.15 30.88 2.85 24.36*
EDSS 2.72 2.88 2.79 2.7 0.23 1.11 2.71 1.11
Not treated vs. treated 3.97 0.62 2.08 2.26 −6.94 −13.42 −0.3 −6.72

*p < 0.05.

p < 0.01.

EDSS, Expanded Disability Status Scale; CIS, clinically isolated syndrome; RRMS, relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis; SPMS, secondary progressive multiple sclerosis; PPMS, primary progressive multiple sclerosis; FrSBe, Frontal Systems Behavior Scale.