|
Mean |
SE |
Mean |
SE |
Mean |
SE |
| Patients with MS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Age, y |
47.9a,b
|
0.51 |
49.7a
|
0.41 |
50.7b
|
0.66 |
| Sex (% female) |
76.3 |
2.3 |
80.2 |
1.8 |
73.4 |
3.2 |
| Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) score |
0.34a,b
|
0.04 |
0.55a
|
0.06 |
0.74b
|
0.10 |
| Care partners (employees) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Age, y (at index date) |
49.0a,b
|
0.50 |
50.5a
|
0.41 |
51.7b
|
0.64 |
| Sex (% female) |
24.6 |
2.3 |
19.8c
|
1.8 |
27.6c
|
3.2 |
| Race, % |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| White |
25.7 |
2.3 |
31.8 |
2.1 |
24.5 |
3.1 |
| Black |
3.1 |
0.9 |
2.2 |
0.7 |
2.6 |
1.2 |
| Hispanic |
5.6a
|
1.2 |
2.9a
|
0.8 |
4.2 |
1.4 |
| Other race |
1.7 |
0.7 |
1.0 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Missing |
64.0 |
2.5 |
62.1 |
2.2 |
68.8 |
3.4 |
| Region by first digit of zip code, %d |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 0 |
9.5a
|
1.6 |
5.5a
|
1.0 |
5.7 |
1.7 |
| 1 |
10.6b
|
1.6 |
9.4c
|
1.3 |
17.7b,c
|
2.8 |
| 2 |
6.7a
|
1.3 |
11.2a
|
1.4 |
7.3 |
1.9 |
| 3 |
8.1 |
1.4 |
10.4 |
1.4 |
8.9 |
2.1 |
| 4 |
6.7 |
1.3 |
6.7 |
1.1 |
8.3 |
2.0 |
| 5 |
9.0b
|
1.5 |
7.7 |
1.2 |
4.2b
|
1.4 |
| 6 |
6.4 |
1.3 |
7.5 |
1.2 |
9.4 |
2.1 |
| 7 |
14.3 |
1.9 |
14.7 |
1.6 |
14.1 |
2.5 |
| 8 |
13.7 |
1.8 |
14.3 |
1.6 |
9.9 |
2.2 |
| 9 |
14.8 |
1.9 |
12.6 |
1.5 |
14.6 |
2.6 |
| Job-related variables |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Annual salary, $ |
110 249 |
12 597 |
91 816 |
3457 |
80 735 |
4586 |
| Full-time employment, % |
79.6 |
2.1 |
82.9 |
1.7 |
83.9 |
2.7 |
| Exempt, % |
42.2 |
2.6 |
43.2 |
2.2 |
41.7 |
3.6 |
| Employee tenure, y |
11.1 |
0.52 |
11.4 |
0.43 |
11.8 |
0.73 |
| CCI score |
0.28 |
0.05 |
0.30 |
0.04 |
0.27 |
0.06 |