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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics (MS – Healthy controls)

From: Assessment of cognitive functions in patients with multiple sclerosis applying the normative values of the Rao’s brief repeatable battery in the Portuguese population

 

MS patients

(N = 115)

Healthy controls

(N = 326)

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Gender (%M - %F)

(31–69%)

(39–61%)

Age (years)

34.9

8.8

40.3

14.4

Education (years)

13.6

3.8

12.3

4.4

Duration of MS (years)

2.4

3.8

–

EDSS (Mdn)

1.0

–

MS subtypes

92.2% RRMS; 6.1% CIS; 0.9% PPMS; 0.9% SPMS

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  1. MS Multiple sclerosis, RRMS Remitting-remission Multiple sclerosis, CIS Clinically isolated syndrome, PPMS Primary progressive multiple sclerosis, SPMS Secondary progressive multiple sclerosis
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