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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Feb 11.
Published in final edited form as: Mult Scler. 2022 Oct 13;29(2):248–260. doi: 10.1177/13524585221127414

TABLE 2.

Unadjusted correlations among MEDAS and covariates.

AGE SEX RACE ETHN SES BMI MVPA SLEEP HTN DM HLD SMOKE
SEX .05
[−.03, .13]
RACE .17***
[.09, .25]
−.06
[−.13, .02]
ETHN −.08
[−.16, .00]
.03
[−.05, .10]
−.35***
[−.43, −.27
SES .08
[.00, .16]
.00
[−.08, .08]
.39***
[.31, .47]
−.25***
[−.33, −.17]
BMI .09*
[.00, .18]
−.09*
[−.17, −.02]
−23***
[−.31, −.14]
.08
[−01, .16]
−22***
[−29, −.14]
MVPA −.10*
[−.19, −.01]
−11*
[−.20, −.02]
.08
[−.01, .15]
−.02
[−.10, .07]
.17***
[.09, .25]
−.09*
[−.17, −.01]
SLEEP .04
[−.05, .12]
.08*
[.00, .16]
−.13**
[−.21, −.05]
.06
[−.03, .14]
−.06
[−.14, .02]
.11*
[.03, .19]
−.10*
[−.18, −.01]
HTN .26***
[.18, .34]
−.08
[−.17, .01]
−.11**
[−20, −.02]
.03
[−.06,.12]
−12**
[−.21, −.04]
.31***
[.23, .39]
−.05
[−.13, .03]
.19*
[.01, .18]
DM .12**
[.05, .19]
−.10*
[−.20, −.01]
−.03
[−.12, .05]
.13**
[.02, .25]
−.04
[−.11, 02]
.17***
[.09, .26]
−.10*
[−.15, −.03]
−.01
[−.09, .09]
.21***
[.10, .32]
HLD 29***
[.21, .36]
−.04
[−.13, .05]
.04
[−.04, .13]
−.03
[−.11, .05]
01
[−.07, .09]
.15***
[.06, .23]
−.02
[−.10, .06]
.09*
[.01, .18]
.30***
[.19, .40]
.16***
[.05, .27]
SMOKE .18***
[.11, .26]
−.021
[−.10, .06]
.10*
[.03, .18]
.00
[−.07, .08]
−.09*
[−.17, .00]
−.01
[−.09, .07]
−.06
[−.14, .03]
.09*
[.01, .17]
.01
[−.08, .09]
−.05
[−.11, .03]
.12**
[.03, .20]
MEDAS .09*
[.02, .17]
.08
[−.01, .16]
.30***
[.22, .38]
−.17***
[−.25, −.10]
.33***
[.25, .41]
−.16***
[−.24, −.08]
.27***
[.19, .35]
−.08
[−.16, .00]
−.08
[−.16, .00]
−.08*
[−.15, −.02]
−.04
[−.13, .05]
.01
[−.08, .10]

Pearson correlations [95% CI] among MEDAS and all covariates are presented. Asterisks represent p-values:

*

p<0.05,

**

p<0.01,

***

p<0.001