Table 1 Self-reported demographic and MS clinical characteristics of all randomized participants (n = 117) by treatment group (active vs. sham tDCS) and strata (low vs. high EDSS score).
Low EDSS | High EDSS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sham | Active | Sham | Active | |
Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |
Age (years) | 45.06 (13.06) | 45.37 (13.04) | 54.30 (7.87) | 53.65 (9.74 |
Education (years) | 15.99 (2.65) | 16.11 (2.18) | 16.07 (2.31) | 16.71 (2.36) |
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | ||||
Female | 28 (84.8) | 27 (77.1) | 18 (78.3) | 18 (69.2) |
Male | 5 (15.2) | 8 (22.9) | 5 (21.7) | 8 (30.8) |
Diagnosis | ||||
PPMS | 3 (9.1) | 1 (2.9) | 3 (13.0) | 3 (11.5) |
RRMS | 27 (81.8) | 23 (65.7) | 11 (47.8) | 13 (50) |
SPMS | 3 (9.1) | 11 (31.4) | 9 (39.1) | 10 (38.5) |
Race | ||||
White | 23 (69.7) | 28 (80.0) | 15 (69.6) | 18 (69.2) |
Black | 6 (18.2) | 7 (20.0) | 5 (21.7) | 8 (30.8) |
Asian | 4 (12.1) | 0 (0) | 1 (4.3) | 0 (0) |
Other | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (4.3) | 0 (0) |
Ethnicity | ||||
Hispanic | 2 (6.1) | 0 (0) | 1 (4.3) | 0 (0) |
Non-Hispanic | 31 (93.9) | 35 (100) | 22 (95.7) | 26 (100) |
