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Variables n (%) Gender Female 88 (54.3) Male 74 (45.7) Age (years) ≤ 30 63 (38.9) 31–40 66 (40.7) > 40 32 (19.8) Missing 1 (0.6) Educational level Illiterate 1 (0.6) Primary School 2 (1.2) Intermediate 3 (1.9) Secondary school (High school) 34 (21) Bachelor or diploma 112 (69.1) Postgraduate (Master, PhD) 10 (6.2) Income More than expenditures (High) 31 (19.1) Equal to expenditures (Medium) 103 (63.6) Less than expenditures (Low) 28 (17.3) Disease course Relapsing-remitting 43 (26.5) Primary progressive 6 (3.7) Secondary progressive 5 (3.1) Patient does not know 105 (64.8) Missing 3 (1.9) Disease duration <6 months 6 (3.7) 6 months to <2 years 29 (17.9) 2- 5 years 44 (27.2) >5 years 82 (50.6) Missing 1 (0.6) - Table 2
Summary of responses to the question “Do you think smoking is a risk factor for multiple sclerosis?*
Variables Smoking Status† P-value Current Smoker Ex-Smoker Never-Smoker Yes 5 (8.9) 10 (52.6) 16 (19.3) 0.001 No 25 (44.6) 2 (10.5) 25 (30.1) Does not know 26 (46.4) 7 (36.8) 42 (50.6) *Data are presented as frequency (percent within the smoking status) unless otherwise specific. † Number missing=4 - Table 3
Summary of responses to the question “Do you think patients with multiple sclerosis do not have to stop smoking as the disease will get worse in any case?”*
Smoking Status Yes No P-value Current smoker 18 (11.5) 37 (23.7) 0.409 Ex-smoker 7 (4.5) 12 (7.7) Never-smoker 20 (12.8) 62 (39.7) Total† 45 (28.8) 111 (71.2) *Data are presented as frequency (percent) unless otherwise specific. † Number missing=6.