Adaptive vs. non-adaptive cognitive training by means of a personalized App: a randomized trial in people with multiple sclerosis

Table 1 Characteristics of the study sample

	Total	Study group	Control group	p
Gender female/male	20/8	9/5	11/3	0.40^a
Mean age (years, SD)	47.5 (9.3)	49.0 (7.1)	46.1 (11.2)	0.47^b
Mean education (years, SD)	11.7 (3.4)	12.8 (3.1)	10.7 (3.5)	0.14^b
Mean age at onset (years, SD)	30.2 (11.2)	29.1 (8.2)	31.29 (13.8)	0.63^b
Mean disease duration (years, SD)	14.5 (9.4)	16.6 (8.6)	10.4 (6.6)	0.31^b
Disease course RR/SP	17/11	8/6	9/5	0.70^a
EDSS (mean, SD)	3.8 (1.9)	3.6 (1.6)	4.1 (2.3)	0.55^b
Treatment with DMD (#, %)	18 (64.2)	8 (57.1)	10 (71.4)	0.43^a

Abbreviations: SD standard deviations, RR relapsing-remitting, SP secondary progressive DMD disease-modifying drugs
Reported p values refer to: ^aPearson’s Chi Square test for categorical variables; ^bStudent's t-test for continuous variables

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