Table 2.

Correlations and mean differences of depression and anxiety for suspected risk factors

	Depression			Anxiety
Age	r = −.01, p = .893			r = −.20, p = .007
Education	r = −.14, p = .053			r = −.10, p = .199
Age of Onset	r = .02, p = .746			r = −.08, p = .305
Duration	r = −.05, p = .521			r = −.18, p = .016
Social Support	r = −.45, p <.001			r = −.37, p <.001
Substance Use	r = .23, p = .002			r = .18, p = .017
	Men N=19	Women N=164	Sig.	Men N=19	Women N=164	Sig.
Gender	23.00 (10.14)	23.74 (12.20)	.800	36.05 (11.07)	40.14 (12.35)	.169
	RR N=173	PP/SP/PR N=10		RR N=173	PP/SP/PR N=10
Course	23.81 (12.05)	21.10 (11.01)	.488	40.12 (12.20)	32.70 (11.59)	.062

Note. Duration = Disease duration in years; Course = Disease course; RR = Relapsing Remitting; PP = Primary Progressive; SP = Secondary Progressive; PR = Progressive Relapsing