Table 5

- Correlation between EAT-10, DYMUS and SDQ with demographic and clinical characteristics of respondents.

Characteristics	n	EAT-10		DYMUS		SDQ
Characteristics	n	Mean±SD	P-value	Mean±SD	P-value	Mean±SD	P-value
Gender
Male	24	1.46±3.61	0.756	0.67±1.13	0.456	2.67±3.45	0.683
Female	78	1.36±3.42	0.756	1.09±1.76	0.456	3.03±4.06	0.683
Age (years)
18-24	8	2.63±7.03	0.249	0.12±0.35	0.001	1.25±2.12	0.652
25-30	16	0.375±0.72		1.06±0.85		3.62±4.75
31-37	28	1.29±2.83		0.50±1.23		1.93±2.96
38-43	17	0.94±2.46		0.82±1.51		2.44±3.88
44-49	22	1.86±4.30		1.32±1.64		3.86±4.33
50-56	7	3.00±3.65		3.71±2.98		7.07±3.64
56-62	1	0.00±0.00		0.00±0.00		0.50±0.00
63-69	3	0.00±0.00		0.00±0.00		0.50±0.00
Number of relapses
1	31	2.32±5.22	0.754	0.78±1.39	0.768	2.72±3.74	0.084
2	26	0.65±1.77		0.96±1.79		2.46±3.70
3	14	1.64±3.27		0.93±1.73		4.21±5.58
4	15	0.87±1.19		1.00±1.65		2.57±3.63
5 or more	16	1.00±2.53		1.50±1.86		3.37±3.24
EDSS at examination time
1-2	39	1.69±3.66	0.726	0.87±1.32	0.528	2.55±3.51	0.762
2.5-3.5	40	0.92±2.38		0.85±1.49		2.70±3.92
4-5	19	1.74±4.99		1.26±2.16		3.92±4.53
5.5-6.5	4	1.25±1.50		2.25±2.87		4.50±4.90
Time to diagnosis (years)
Up to 1	37	2.00±4.79	0.144	1.00±1.60	0.196	2.18±2.91	0.001
1-2	40	1.17±2.47		0.82±1.43		2.55±3.52
3-4	5	0.00±0.00		0.20±0.45		1.50±0.71
5-6	5	2.00±3.08		2.80±2.95		6.50±4.74
7-8	6	0.00±0.00		0.00±0.00		6.17±6.53
9 or more	9	1.11±2.67		1.78±1.98		4.50±5.77
Disease duration (years)
0-2	36	1.36±2.76	0.534	0.67±1.22	0.935	3.28±4.91	0.119
3-6	20	2.65±5.90		1.35±1.90		2.70±3.07
7-9	17	0.94±2.30		0.94±1.68		3.09±3.54
10-13	20	0.20±0.52		0.70±1.08		1.55±1.73
14-18	5	3.40±4.78		1.60±2.61		3.90±5.27
19 or more	4	0.50±1.00		3.00±3.16		6.25±4.50
Period from diagnosis to start of treatment (years)
0-1	63	1.17±3.07	0.567	0.81±1.52	0.294	2.65±3.66	0.879
2-3	15	1.33±2.61		1.93±1.90		3.71±4.85
4-5	9	4.00±6.84		1.78±2.49		5.94±5.59
6-7	4	0.25±0.50		0.50±0.58		1.50±2.00
8 or more	11	0.91±2.70		0.45±0.69		1.86±1.63
Treatment duration (years)
0-1	48	1.65±3.91	0.284	0.81±1.27	0.123	3.04±4.35	0.001
2-3	21	1.90±4.17		1.19±2.02		3.02±3.66
4-5	6	0.00±0.00		0.67±1.63		2.00±3.67
6-7	4	0.25±0.50		0.25±0.50		3.25±2.36
8-9	9	0.22±0.67		0.50±1.07		1.62±2.10
10 or more	14	1.36±3.13		2.00±2.32		3.71±4.28

EAT-10 - eating assessment tool, DYMUS - dysphagia in multiple sclerosis, SDQ - swallowing disturbance questionnaire, SD - standard deviation, EDSS - Expanded Disability Status Scale