Table 2.
Characteristics of MS patients with positive family history.
| Variable | Group 1a n = 315 (%) |
Group 2b n = 2150 (%) |
P valuec |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | >0.999 | ||
| Male | 107 (34.0) | 710 (33.0) | |
| Female | 208 (66.0) | 1440 (67.0) | |
| Age | >0.999 | ||
| <40 | 246 (78.1) | 1663 (77.4) | |
| >40 | 69 (21.9) | 486 (22.6) | |
| Education | 0.063 | ||
| None | 2 (0.6) | 29 (1.4) | |
| Primary | 27 (8.6) | 205 (9.5) | |
| Secondary | 77 (24.6) | 709 (33.0) | |
| University | 207 (66.1) | 1204 (56.1) | |
| Mean age at 1st attack | 26.81 (8.98) | 27.90 (8.77) | 0.387 |
| Consanguinity | |||
| Yes | 175 (56.3) | 543 (27.9) | 0.009 |
aGroup 1 (With family history).
bGroup 2 (No family history).
cAdjusted P values (Alexander Copper method used).