Table 3.
Demographics and clinical characteristics of the replication study’s Kuwaiti case-control cohorts and their allelic and genotype frequencies for the associated MS risk variants.
| Criteria | Kuwaiti MS patients (n = 170) | Kuwaiti healthy controls (n = 311) |
|---|---|---|
| Sex (%) | ||
| Male | 58 (34.1) | 118 (37.9) |
| Female | 112 (65.9) | 193 (62.1) |
| Age in years (Mean ±SD) | 33 ± 8.73 | 30.7 ± 8.47 |
| MS age of onset in years (Mean ±SD) | 27.06 ± 7.68 | |
| MS type (%) | — | |
| RRMS | 148 (87) | |
| SPMS | 14 (8.2) | |
| PPMS | 4 (2.4) | |
| Benign MS | 4 (2.4) | |
| Disease duration in years (Mean ±SD) | 5.6 ± 5.17 | — |
| EDSS (Median, IQR) | 1.5 (1–3) | — |