Table 1 Baseline patients characteristics from the Saudi MS registry
Patients characteristics | Western Region n (SD) | Central Region n (SD) | Eastern Region n (SD) | Southern Region n (SD) | Northern Region n (SD) | Total n (SD) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean age ± (SD) | 34.08 (10.21) | 32.59 (9.25) | 33.46 (9.32) | 33.29 (9.54) | 33.98 (9.58) | 33.41 (9.69) | |
Mean age of 1st attach ± (SD) | 28.5 (9.39) | 27.29 (8.22) | 26.93 (8.82) | 27.54 (8.81) | 29.5 (8.6) | 27.81 (8.85) | |
Mean number of previous relapse ± (SD) | 1.2 (1.45) | 1.05 (1.47) | 0.7 (1.09) | 1.41 (1.53) | 1.33 (1.13) | 1.1 (1.42) | |
Mean EDSS Score ± (SD) | 1.78 (2.27) | 1.77 (1.95) | 2.28 (1.9) | 2.1 (2.39) | 1.51 (2.11) | 1.86 (2.12) | |
Mean time between disease onset and diagnosis (months) ± (SD) | 9.05 (25.50) | 11.36 (24.48) | 11.96 (27.41) | 12.85 (27.54) | 13.40 (32.82) | 10.8 (25.97) | |
Patients characteristics | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | Total n (%) | |
Male | 325 (32.9) | 287 (33.3) | 125 (33.3) | 59 (34.1) | 43 (39.4) | 839 (33.5) | |
Female | 663 (67) | 575 (66.7) | 250 (66.7) | 114 (65.9) | 66 (60.6) | 1668 (66.5) | |
Family history of MS | 106 (10.8) | 136 (16.2) | 47 (13.1) | 14 (8.1) | 12 (11.2) | 315 (12.8) | |
Affected sibling | 44 (5) | 59 (8.1) | 22 (7.7) | 7 (4.4) | 2 (2) | 134 (6.3) | |
Disease course | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | Total | |
RRMS | 1037 (90.5) | 857 (93.7) | 307 (95.3) | 52 (98.1) | 39 (97.5) | 2292 (92.6) | |
SPMS | 89 (7.7) | 28 (3.1) | 7 (2.1) | 1 (1.9) | 1 (2.5) | 126 (5.1) | |
PPMS | 14 (1.2) | 27 (2.9) | 4 (1.2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 45 (1.8) | |
PRMS | 6 (0.5) | 2 (0.2) | 4 (1.2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 12 (0.5) | |