Table 1.
Means and (SD) of participants’ characteristics.
| Participants’ Characteristics | PwMS (n = 41) |
Ref (n = 16) |
p |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 51.3 (12.7) | 48.0 (7.6) | 0.33 |
| Gender (m/f %) | 29.3/70.7 | 56.3/43. 7 | 0.11 |
| Height (m) | 1.67 (0.09) | 1.72 (0.06) | 0.07 |
| Body mass (kg) | 75.4 (17.1) | 72.3 (12.0) | 0.50 |
| BMI (kg·m−2) | 27.1 (6.1) | 24.5 (3.1) | 0.10 |
| Employment (Employed/Not employed %) | 61–39 | 86–14 | 0.08 |
| EDSS (0–7) | 5.1 (1.1) | NA | NA |
| Disease duration (years) | 13.9 (10.5) | NA | NA |
| MS type (RR-SP-PP %) | 26.8–41.5–31.7 | NA | NA |
| Clinical Global Impression, Severity (1–7) | 3.6 (1) | NA | NA |
| Gait velocity, self-selected (m·s−1) * | 0.77 (0.4) | 1.5 (0.2) | <10−5 |
| Gait velocity, fast condition (m·s−1) * | 1.1 (0.5) | 2.3 (0.2) | <10−5 |
| 6MWT (m) * | 267 (151.4) | 649 (86.3) | <10−5 |
| TUG (s) * | 17 (15.6) | 5 (0.81) | 0.003 |
| Fatigue Impact Scale (0–100) * | 59.6 (13.6) | 36.8 (11.5) | <10−5 |
| HRQoL, PERSEPP Scale (0–100) | 59.2 (16.4) | NA | NA |
Abbreviations: PwMS, Persons with Multiple Sclerosis; BMI, Body Mass Index; Ref, Reference group; EDSS, Expanded Disability Status Scale; RR, Relapsing–Remitting; SP, Secondary Progressive; PP, Primary Progressive; NA, Non-Applicable; 6MWT, Six-Minute Walk Test; TUG, Timed Up and Go Test; HRQoL, Health Related Quality of Life; PERSEPP, perception of multiple sclerosis and their relapses. *: significant values (<0.05).