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Table 1 Demographic, anthropometric, clinical characteristics of the study population

From: Association between perceived fatigue and gait parameters measured by an instrumented treadmill in people with multiple sclerosis: a cross-sectional study

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

    

 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

  1. EDSS: expanded disability status scale, MFIS: Modified fatigue impact scale.