Research Article

Cognitive Impairment in Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis Patients with Very Mild Clinical Disability

Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study sample.

MS patients (92)HC (42)

Age years (mean, SD)41.5 (10.7)42.0 (9.8)0.766
Education, years [median (min–max)]13.0 (5–18)13.0 (8–18)0.633
Women—N (%)64 (69.6)28 (66.7)0.737
EDSS [median (min–max)]1.0 (0–2.5)
(i) EDSS ≤ 1.5: ND—N (%)73 (79.3%)
(ii) 2 ≤ EDSS ≤ 2.5: VMD—N (%)19 (20.7%)
Disease duration, years [median (min–max)]9.5 (0.3–30.1)

MS = multiple sclerosis patients; HC = healthy control subjects; ND = no physical disability; VMD = very mild disability.