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Table 2 Utility measures according to socio-demographic and clinical characteristics

From: Differences in utility scores obtained through Brazilian and UK value sets: a cross-sectional study

Dimension

BR utility mean (SD) p-value

UK utility mean (SD) p-value

Age

ā€ƒ18-30

0.675 (0.20)

0.679 (0.24)

ā€ƒ31-60

0.564 (0.23)

0.509 (0.34)

ā€ƒ61+

0.599 (0.22)

0.633 (0.32)

Ā 

0.004

0.004

Gender

ā€ƒMale

0.561 (0.21)

0.539 (0.29)

ā€ƒFemale

0.607 (0.23)

0.566 (0.33)

0.126

0.320

Living

Ā Ā 

ā€ƒAlone

0.524 (0.15)

0.525 (0.26)

ā€ƒFamily

0.597 (0.23)

0.558 (0.32)

Ā 

0.152

0.364

Educational level

ā€ƒUntil elementary school

0.481 (0.23)

0.410 (0.35)

ā€ƒBetween elementary and high school

0.582 (0.22)

0.531 (0.32)

ā€ƒGraduation and Post-graduation

0.663 (0.19)

0.667 (0.26)

<0.001

<0.001

Occupation

ā€ƒNot employed

0.536 (0.22)

0.492 (0.33)

ā€ƒEmployed

0.709 (0.18)

0.693 (0.24)

Ā 

<0.001

<0.001

MS Type

ā€ƒRelapsing-remitting

0.635 (0.21)

0.606 (0.30)

ā€ƒSecondary progressive

0.440 (0.21)

0.380 (0.33)

Ā 

<0.001

<0.001

Recurrence

ā€ƒYes

0.579 (0.21)

0.535 (0.31)

ā€ƒNo

0.606 (0.23)

0.576 (0.33)

Ā 

0.249

0.204

Diagnosis time

ā€ƒ<10Ā years

0.534 (0.24)

0.463 (0.35)

ā€ƒā‰„10Ā years

0.635 (0.20)

0.622 (0.27)

Ā 

0.002

0.002

Total

ā€ƒMean(SD)

0.593 (0.223)

0.557 (0.319)

ā€ƒMedian(IQR)

0.625 (0.472 - 0.742)

0.656 (0.414 - 0.779)