Table 1

Biographical and baseline characteristics of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS)

	Group
	Control (n)	Assessment (n)	Intervention (n)	p Value*
*χ² comparison; †Kruskal-Wallis comparison.
SP, secondary progressive; RR, relapsing-remitting, including benign; PP, primary progressive; GNDS, Guy's neurological disability scale; NART, national adult reading test; BRB-N, brief repeatable battery; SRT, selective reminding test; PASAT, paced auditory serial addition test; FAS, word fluency test; SDMT, symbol digit modalities test.
Sex:
Men	25	16	26	0.20
Women	52	56	48
Type of MS:
SP	35	33	26	0.40
RR	37	35	35
PP	6	6	7
Unknown	4	5	12
Living:
Alone	17	9	9
Cohabiting	54	60	61	0.34
Parental home	6	3	4
Employment status:
Working	28	33	28	0.45
Not working	49	39	46
	Median	Median	Median	p Value†
Age	40.5	43.0	43.0	0.46
Age left education	16.0	16.0	16.0	0.18
Ambulation index	3	4	4	0.42
GNDS Total	15.5	16.0	18.0	0.48
Q1: cognitive	2	2	2	0.92
NART	101	106	103	0.09
BRN-B
SRT Total	46	46	45	0.98
SRT Delay	6	6	6	0.78
10/36 Total	19	16	18	0.08
10/36 Delay	7	6	6	0.12
PASAT Easy	39	37	41	0.41
PASAT Hard	27	25	28	0.58
FAS	34	35	35	0.83
SDMT	49	46	47	0.33