The Egyptian Heart Journal

Table 1 General characteristics of MS patients and controls

From: Vascular dysfunction and dyslipidemia in multiple sclerosis: are they correlated with disease duration and disability status?

	Patients (n = 50)	Controls (n = 50)	P-value
Age in years [mean (SD)]	32 (8.47)	29 (7.51)	0.107
Sex
Males [n (%)]	18 (36%)	16 (32%)	0.6
Females [n (%)]	32 (64%)	34 (68%)	0.6
BMI (kg/m²) [mean (SD)]	26.5 (6.16)	26 (4.17)	0.723
BSA (m²) [mean (SD)]	1.7 (0.1)	1.7 (0.2)	0.71
SBP (mmhg) [mean (SD)]	118(8.97)	116 (6.66)	0.227
DBP (mmhg) [mean (SD)]	76 (7.5)	74.22 (6.5)	0.202
HR (beats/min) [mean (SD)]	84 (13.26)	82.7 (9.37)	0.55
Smoking
Smokers [n (%)]	8 (16%)	8 (16%)	1
Non-smokers [n (%)]	42 (84%)	42 (84%)	1

BMI, body mass index; BSA, body surface area; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; HR, heart rate; and SBP, systolic blood pressure
P-value ˃0.05 is considered statistically insignificant

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