Risk Factors Associated with Multiple Sclerosis: A Case-Control Study in Damascus, Syria

Table 2

Detailed comparison of the demographics between the cases and the controls.

		Cases percentage	Controls percentage	value
Gender	Male	30.7%	30.7%	1.000
	Female	69.3%	69.3%
Marital status	Married	60.0%	57.1%	.627
	Single	40.0%	42.9%
Living area	Urban	74.3%	64.3%	.070
	Rural	25.7%	35.7%
Education level	Intermediate school or lower	40.0%	46.4%	.110
	Secondary school	7.1%	12.1%
	University or higher	52.9%	41.4%