Table 5. Predictors of higher EDSS score.
a reference category\
b includes divorced and widowed
c significant P-value
RRMS: relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis; B: constant coefficient; SE: standard error; Exp(B): odds ratio; CI: confidence interval
| Variables | B | SE | P-value | Exp(B) | 95% CI | ||
| Lower | Upper | ||||||
| Age | .107 | .037 | .004 c | 1.113 | 1.035 | 1.197 | |
| Sex | Female a | -.656 | .719 | .361 | .519 | .127 | 2.122 |
| Male | |||||||
| Employment status | Employed | -.246 | .572 | .668 | .782 | .255 | 2.400 |
| Unemployed a | |||||||
| BMI | .139 | .067 | .040 c | 1.149 | 1.007 | 1.311 | |
| Duration of MS | .134 | .068 | .049 c | 1.143 | 1.001 | 1.306 | |
| Comorbidities | Yes a | .220 | .704 | .755 | 1.246 | .314 | 4.949 |
| No | |||||||
| Number of relapses | .249 | .176 | .156 | 1.283 | .909 | 1.812 | |
| Type of MS | RRMS a | 1.512 | .693 | .029 c | 4.535 | 1.166 | 17.637 |
| Other types | |||||||
| Marital status | Single a | .461 | |||||
| Married | -.844 | .753 | .262 | .430 | .098 | 1.879 | |
| Others b | .059 | 1.052 | .955 | 1.061 | .135 | 8.340 | |
| DMT | Yes a | -.779 | .800 | .330 | .459 | .096 | 2.200 |
| No | |||||||
| Cholecalciferol vit D3 | Yes a | -.156 | .671 | .816 | .856 | .230 | 3.190 |
| No | |||||||
| Vit B complex | Yes a | .014 | .681 | .984 | 1.014 | .267 | 3.849 |
| No | |||||||