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Table 3 Demographics and medical status, and comparison of these characteristics between cross-over groups, for completed Participants (N = 29)

From: Evaluation of the Keeogo exoskeleton for assisting ambulatory activities in people with multiple sclerosis: an open-label, randomized, cross-over trial

 

Total (N = 29)

A (N = 15)

B (N = 14)

A vs B statsa

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

t

p

Age (years)

49.2

10.6

48.4

11.4

50.1

10.0

−.419

.679

Height (cm)

169.9

9.6

170.5

11.8

169.2

6.8

.347

.731

Weight (Kg)

72.9

17.5

74.1

16.6

71.6

19.0

.373

.712

BMI (Kg/m2)

25.2

5.4

25.5

5.1

24.9

6.0

.276

.784

EDSS (0–10)

5.3

1.3

5.5

1.1

5.0

1.5

1.01

.320

MAS (0–4)

0.9

0.8

0.9

0.8

0.9

0.8

−0.09

.926

MMSE (0–30)

29.1

1.2

28.7

1.4

29.6

0.6

−2.06

.049

 

Count

%

Count

%

Count

%

χ2

p

Sex

Male

12

41.4

7

46.7

5

35.7

  

Female

17

58.6

8

53.3

9

64.3

.358

.550

Ethnicity

Not Hispanic

26

89.7

13

86.7

13

92.9

  

Hispanic

3

10.3

2

13.3

1

7.1

–

–

Race

White

21

72.4

9

60.0

12

85.7

  

Black

5

17.2

3

20.0

2

14.3

  

Asian

1

3.5

1

6.7

0

0.0

  

Other

2

6.9

2

13.3

0

0.0

–

–

Language

English

28

96.6

14

93.3

14

100.0

  

Other

1

3.4

1

6.7

0

0.0

–

–

  1. a Between A and B groups: Student’s t-test for scale variables and chi-square (χ2) test for Sex (insufficient cell size to test other categorical variables); degree of freedom (df = 27); significance, p with alpha level .05
  2. BMI Body mass index, EDSS Expanded Disease Severity Scale, MAS Modified Ashworth Scale, MMSE Mini-mental State Examination