Incongruence between Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Subjective Reports of Physical Activity in Multiple Sclerosis: A Focus on Sex Differences

Table 1

Participant characteristics for the total sample.

Variable	Total ()	Female ()	Male ()	Test statistic	value	Effect size (95% CI)
Age (years) (mean (SD))	47.2 (10.2)	47.3 (9.9)	47.2 (11.2)		.978	(-0.42 to +0.43), trivial
Body mass (kg) (median (range))	79.2 (48.0-122.2)	73.9 (48.0-118.3)	86.5 (61.2-122.2)		<.001	(0.14-0.53), medium
Height (m) (mean (SD))	1.70 (0.08)	1.67 (0.06)	1.78 (0.07)		<.001	(-2.18 to -1.22), large
BMI (kg·m^-2) (median (range))	27.6 (17.9-44.5)	26.8 (17.9-44.5)	27.9 (19.6-40.6)		.506	(-0.13 to +0.26), trivial
MS type ( (%))	RRMS 95 (88.8); PMS 12 (11.2)	RRMS 68 (88.3); PMS 9 (11.7)	RRMS 27 (90.0); PMS 3 (10.0)		.804	(-0.29 to +0.22), trivial
EDSS (median (range))	2.0 (0.0-6.0)	2.0 (0.0-6.0)	2.0 (0.0-6.0)		.710	(-0.16 to +0.23), trivial

. 95% CI: 95% confidence interval; BMI: body mass index; EDSS: Expanded Disability Status Scale; MS: multiple sclerosis; RRMS: relapsing-remitting MS; PMS: progressive MS (including primary and secondary progressive MS).