Table 1

The demographic features of multiple sclerosis patients.

Age (year)n (%)
Min-Max (Median)19-69 (40)
m±SD40.70±10.05
Gender n (%)
Female251 (69.5)
Male110 (30.5)
Duration of illness (year)
Min-Max (Median)1-43 (8)
m±SD10.98±7.94
Age of onset of illness (year)
Min-Max (Median)14-58 (29)
m±SD30.42±8.70
Educationstatus n (%)
Noliterate14 (3,8)
Primaryschool170 (47.1)
High school95 (26.4)
License74 (20.5)
Graduate8 (2.2)
Familyhistory n (%)
MS absent336 (93.1)
First degreerelative20 (5.5)
Second degreerelative5 (1.4)