Research Article
A Prospective Multicenter Study for Assessing MusiQoL Validity among Arabic-Speaking MS Patients Treated with Subcutaneous Interferon β-1a
Table 1
Key patients’ baseline demographics and clinical characteristics.
| | Variable | Category | Overall () | Saudi patients () | Other Arabic countries () | value |
| | Patient’s gender | Female | 71.5% | 69.8% | 74.3% | 0.403 | | Male | 28.5% | 30.2% | 25.7% | | Patient’s education | High school or less | 36.9% | 43.4% | 25.9% | 0.001 | | University & above | 63.1% | 56.6% | 74.1% | | Patient’s marital status | Married | 53.5% | 53.7% | 53.2% | 1 | | Single/divorced/widowed | 46.5% | 46.3% | 46.8% | | Family history of MS | No | 87.6% | 85.3% | 92.1% | 0.06 | | Yes | 12.4% | 14.7% | 7.9% | | Parental consanguinity | No | 77.8% | 77.1% | 79.1% | 0.711 | | Yes | 22.2% | 22.9% | 20.9% | | Affected siblings | No | 95.3% | 94.4% | 97.1% | 0.328 | | Yes | 4.7% | 5.6% | 2.9% | | Patient’s age | | | | | 0.5265 | | Age of first attack | | | | | 0.9809 | | MS duration (years) | | | | | 0.0001 | | EDSS score | | | | | 0.5913 |
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EDSS: Expanded Disability Status Scale; MS: multiple sclerosis; S.E: standard error.
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