Table 3.
Demographics and medical status, and comparison of these characteristics between cross-over groups, for completed Participants (N = 29)
| Total (N = 29) | A (N = 15) | B (N = 14) | A vs B statsa | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | t | p | ||
| Age (years) | 49.2 | 10.6 | 48.4 | 11.4 | 50.1 | 10.0 | −.419 | .679 | |
| Height (cm) | 169.9 | 9.6 | 170.5 | 11.8 | 169.2 | 6.8 | .347 | .731 | |
| Weight (Kg) | 72.9 | 17.5 | 74.1 | 16.6 | 71.6 | 19.0 | .373 | .712 | |
| BMI (Kg/m2) | 25.2 | 5.4 | 25.5 | 5.1 | 24.9 | 6.0 | .276 | .784 | |
| EDSS (0–10) | 5.3 | 1.3 | 5.5 | 1.1 | 5.0 | 1.5 | 1.01 | .320 | |
| MAS (0–4) | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 | −0.09 | .926 | |
| MMSE (0–30) | 29.1 | 1.2 | 28.7 | 1.4 | 29.6 | 0.6 | −2.06 | .049 | |
| Count | % | Count | % | Count | % | χ2 | p | ||
| Sex | Male | 12 | 41.4 | 7 | 46.7 | 5 | 35.7 | ||
| Female | 17 | 58.6 | 8 | 53.3 | 9 | 64.3 | .358 | .550 | |
| Ethnicity | Not Hispanic | 26 | 89.7 | 13 | 86.7 | 13 | 92.9 | ||
| Hispanic | 3 | 10.3 | 2 | 13.3 | 1 | 7.1 | – | – | |
| Race | White | 21 | 72.4 | 9 | 60.0 | 12 | 85.7 | ||
| Black | 5 | 17.2 | 3 | 20.0 | 2 | 14.3 | |||
| Asian | 1 | 3.5 | 1 | 6.7 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Other | 2 | 6.9 | 2 | 13.3 | 0 | 0.0 | – | – | |
| Language | English | 28 | 96.6 | 14 | 93.3 | 14 | 100.0 | ||
| Other | 1 | 3.4 | 1 | 6.7 | 0 | 0.0 | – | – | |
a Between A and B groups: Student’s t-test for scale variables and chi-square (χ2) test for Sex (insufficient cell size to test other categorical variables); degree of freedom (df = 27); significance, p with alpha level .05
BMI Body mass index, EDSS Expanded Disease Severity Scale, MAS Modified Ashworth Scale, MMSE Mini-mental State Examination