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Age (year) n (%) Min-Max (Median) 19-69 (40) m±SD 40.70±10.05 Gender n (%) Female 251 (69.5) Male 110 (30.5) Duration of illness (year) Min-Max (Median) 1-43 (8) m±SD 10.98±7.94 Age of onset of illness (year) Min-Max (Median) 14-58 (29) m±SD 30.42±8.70 Educationstatus n (%) Noliterate 14 (3,8) Primaryschool 170 (47.1) High school 95 (26.4) License 74 (20.5) Graduate 8 (2.2) Familyhistory n (%) MS absent 336 (93.1) First degreerelative 20 (5.5) Second degreerelative 5 (1.4) EDSS Right sided Left sided Bilateral sided ap-value n=78 n=11 n=6 n=53 Min-Max(Median) 1-6.5 (2) 1-5 (2.3) 0-7 (1.5) 0.347 Mean±SD 2.59±1.43 2.75±1.47 2.50±2.26 PI Min-Max(Median) 0.2-3.3 (1) 0.1-2 (1) 0-5 (0.3) 0.016* Mean±SD 1.33±1.07 1.13±0.75 0.65±0.87 MSSS Min-Max(Median) 18-96 (67) 32-90 (37) 0-96 (31) 0.214 Mean±SD 56.64±26.45 52.80±26.96 41.5±32.71 - Table 3
Evaluation of EDSS, PI and MSSS Value of Side of Clinical Findings in the Remission and Attack Periods at the first and last attacks.
The First attack side of clinical findings aP-value The Last attack side of clinical findings aP-value Right (n=36) Left (n=39) Bilateral (n=183) Right(n=8) Left(n=7) Bilateral (n=259) EDSS Remission Min-Max(Median) 0-4.5 (1) 0-7 (1.5) 0-8 (1.5) 0.123 1-3.5 (2) 1-6.5 (2) 0-8 (1.5) 0.139 Mean±SD 1.47±1.22 2.24±1.75 2.29±2.04 2.14±1.03 3.29±2.27 2.12±1.88 Attack Min-Max(Median) 0-4 (2) 0-7 (2) 0-8.5 (2) 0.860 1-5.5 (2.5) 1-5 (3) 0-8.5 (2) 0.191 Mean±SD 1.93±0.91 2.40±1.80 2.46±2.08 2.88±1.60 2.93±1.48 2.34±1.92 bp-value 0.057 0.660 0.224 0.042* 1.000 0.058 Difference (Attack-Remission) Min-Max(Median) −2.5-3 (0.5) −5-7 (0) −6.5-6 (0) 0.630 0-2 (1) −5-2 (0) −6.5-7 (0) 0.331 Mean±SD 0.46±1.35 0.15±2.19 0.18±2.40 1.00±0.87 −0.36±2.39 0.22±2.24 PI Remission Min-Max(Median) 0-2 (0.3) 0-3.5 (1) 0-6.5 (0.5) 0.126 0.3-3 (1) 0.3-6.5 (0.7) 0-5.5 (0.5) 0.078 Mean±SD 0.66±0.70 0.93±0.79 0.75±0.89 1.29±0.86 1.47±2.23 0.75±0.78 Attack Min-Max(Median) 0-3 (1) 0-4 (0.6) 0-6.5 (0.3) 0.001** 0.3-5 (0.8) 0.2-1.5 (0.4) 0-6.5 (0.4) 0.350 Mean±SD 1.16±0.89 1.06±1.02 0.62±0.79 1.30±1.56 0.63±0.47 0.79±0.90 bp-value 0.008** 0.712 0.036* 1.000 0.068 0.804 Difference (Attack - Remission) Min-Max(Median) −1.8-2.5 (0.5) −3.1-2.4 (0) −5.5-5 (0) 0.002** −1.6-2 (0.1) −5-0 (−0.1) −5.5-5 (0) 0.385 Mean±SD 0.50±1.04 0.11±1.21 −0.13±1.04 0.02±1.17 −0.85±1.85 0.04±1.08 MSSS Remission Min-Max(Median) 0-81 (32) 10-93 (50) 0-94 (36) 0.007** 30-88 (50) 12-92 (50) 0-94 (36.5) 0.432 Mean±SD 35.29±21.69 53.90±26.1 41.83±26.07 57.00±25.85 48.33±32.95 43,29±25,77 Attack Min-Max(Median) 8-90 (50) 10-93 (42) 0-93 (36) 0.066 30-93 (70.5) 12-88 (50) 0-93 (37) 0.071 Mean±SD 50.69±24.53 52.24±25.92 43.13±26.93 68.13±22.00 49.86±30.73 45,92±26,83 bp-value 0.017* 0.581 0.450 0.027* 0.593 0.153 Difference (Attack - Remission) Min-Max(Median) −45-73 (19) −61-83 (−2) −91-81 (0) 0.045* 0-50 (9) −42-25 (0) −91-83 (0) 0.290 Mean±SD 15.40±33.13 −0.84±34.66 1.55±31.80 16.57±17.33 −3.33±21.59 3.20±33.48