Variables | Mean (S.D.) | P- value between MS subgroups | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Patients without fatigue (n = 80) | Patients with fatigue (n = 44) | Healthy subjects (n = 25) | ||
Age (years) | 40.9 (15.5) | 44.2 (12.7) | 40.3 (11.1) | 0.465 |
Gender | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Female | 54 | 30 | 15 |  |
 Male | 26 | 14 | 10 |  |
Disease duration (years) | 7.0 (8.4) | 8.1 (7.8) | --- | 0.469 |
Height (cm) | 169.4 (9.6) | 167.8 (7.2) | 168.7 (8.5) | 0.364 |
Body mass (kg) | 69.0 (15.9) | 67.8 (12.0) | 68.3 (14.6) | 0.641 |
MFIS (range 0-84) | 14.5 (14.5) | 52.0 (13.7) | --- | <0.001 |
EDSS | 2.5 (1.6) | 3.7 (1.8) | --- | <0.001 |
 Pyramidal | 1.6 (1.2) | 2.1 (1.2) | --- | 0.013 |
 Cerebellar | 0.9 (1.0) | 1.3 (1.2) | --- | 0.08 |
 Sensory | 0.7 (0.9) | 1.2 (1.1) | --- | 0.01 |
 Brainstem | 0.5 (0.2) | 0.4 (0.7) | --- | 0.571 |
 Visual | 0.2 (0.1) | 0.2 (0.4) | --- | 0.764 |
 Cerebral | 0.2 (0.5) | 0.0 (0.2) | --- | 0.100 |