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Table 2 Adjusted† mean scores and differences in overall and single attribute utility scores for respondents with and without MS

From: The burden of multiple sclerosis: A community health survey

 

MS

General Population

Mean Difference (95% CI)

Overall HUI3 score

0.58

0.84

0.25 (0.20 – 0.31)*

Vision

0.94

0.96

0.03 (0.01 – 0.05)*

Hearing

0.99

0.99

0.00 (-0.01 – 0.004)

Speech

0.99

1.00

0.01 (-0.003 – 0.006)

Ambulation

0.72

0.98

0.26 (0.20 – 0.32)*

Dexterity

0.93

1.00

0.06 (0.03 – 0.10)*

Emotion

0.92

0.95

0.03 (0.01 – 0.05)*

Cognition

0.89

0.94

0.05 (0.02 – 0.09)*

Pain

0.77

0.91

0.14 (0.09 – 0.19)*

  1. † Adjusted for age, sex, education, marital status, social assistance, and number of medical conditions other than MS
  2. * p < 0.05 based on the Bootstrap Variance Estimate for between groups difference after adjusting for covariates.
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