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Table 6 Comparison of patients with shorter and longer disease duration

From: Validity and reliability of the Georgian-language brief international cognitive assessment for multiple sclerosis (BICAMS)

 

 ≤ 10 y disease duration

 ≥ 11 y disease duration

Number of participants n

54

14

Age (y), mean ± SD

38.4 (± 10.0)

41.0 (± 8.3)

Women n (%)

38 (70.4%)

11 (76.6%)

Men n (%)

16 (29.6%)

3 (21.4%)

Education (y), mean ± SD

14.1 ± 2.2

14.9 ± 1.2

Education ≥ 15 y, n (%)

37 (68.5%)

12 (85.7%)

Education ≤ 14 y, n (%)

17 (31.5%)

2 (14.3%)

EDSS score, mean ± SD

3.0 ± 1.3

3.8 ± 2.3

MS subtype

 RRMS n (%)

44 (81.5%)

8 (57.1%)

 SPMS n (%)

8 (14.8%)

4 (28.6%)

 PPMS n (%)

2 (3.7%)

2 (14.3%)

SDMT

37.3 ± 11.8

31.0 ± 12.6

CVLT-II

52.2 ± 11.1

47.6 ± 10.5

BVMT-R

22.4 ± 7.5

21.8 ± 8.4

  1. SDMT Symbol Digit Modality Test, CVLT-II California Verbal Learning Test 2nd edition, BVMT-R Brief Visual Memory Test-Revised