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Table 3 Demographic characteristics of patients who completed the PASAT3 and those who did not

From: A one-year follow-up study of the Symbol Digit Modalities Test (SDMT) and the Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test (PASAT) in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis: an appraisal of comparative longitudinal sensitivity

 

PASAT3

PASAT3

p value

Completed

Not completed

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Age

38.2 (9.9)

44.4 (9.5)

0.001*

Educational level

13.5 (3.8)

11.3 (4.9)

0.003*

Years of disease evolution

6.7 (6.6)

12.1 (8.3)

<0.001*

Total time of treatment

1.6 (2.7)

3.1 (3.2)

0.019*

Time since last relapse

1.4 (2.3)

2.7 (3.6)

0.064

FSS

3.3 (1.8)

3.8 (2.2)

0.297

BDI

7.5 (6.9)

11.4 (8.6)

0.005*

EDSS

1.8 (1.5)

2.4 (1.4)

0.028*

  1. *p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.