Research Article
Screening of Cognitive Impairment in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis: A Cross-Sectional Study in Georgia
Table 1
Characteristics of the study population.
| | Patients | Controls |
| Number of subjects, n | 68 | 68 | Age (years), mean ± SD | 39.2 (±9.9) | 38.5 (±9.9) | Female, n (%) | 48 (71%) | 46 (68%) | Male, n (%) | 20 (29%) | 22 (32%) | Education (years), mean ± SD | 14.3 ± 2.1 | 14.5 ± 1.9 | Higher education (≥15 years) | 50 (74%) | 49 (72%) | Lower education (≤14 years) | 18 (26%) | 19 (28%) | Employed | 39 (57%) | 57 (84%) | Unemployed | 29 (43%) | 11 (16%) | Disease duration (years), mean ± SD | 7.0 ± 5.7 years | — | EDSS score, mean ± SD | 3.3 ± 1.6 | — |
| MS subtype | RRMS, n (%) | 52 (76%) | — | SPMS, n (%) | 12 (18%) | — | PPMS, n (%) | 4 (6%) | — |
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EDSS: Expanded Disability Status Scale; PPMS: primary progressive multiple sclerosis; RRMS: relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis; SD: standard deviation; SPMS: secondary progressive multiple sclerosis.
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