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Table 3 Adjusted† mean scores and differences in overall and single attribute utility scores for respondents with and without MS, but no other chronic conditions

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

 

MS

General Population

Mean Difference (95% CI)

Overall HUI3 score

0.64

0.93

0.29 (0.18 to 0.41)*

Vision

0.95

0.98

0.03 (-0.01 to 0.07)*

Hearing

1.00

0.99

0.00 (0.00 to -0.01)

Speech

0.99

1.00

0.00 (-0.01 to 0.02)

Ambulation

0.69

1.00

0.31 (0.17 to 0.44)*

Dexterity

0.95

1.00

0.05 (-0.01 to 0.11)

Emotion

0.93

0.97

0.04 (-0.01 to 0.09)*

Cognition

0.88

0.97

0.09 (0.02 to 0.16)*

Pain

0.88

1.00

0.11 (0.03 to 0.20)*

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