Table 1

Demographic and outcome variables among leukoencephalopathy cases in BC (n = 27)

Variable

Vancouver (n = 20)

Victoria (n = 7)

All cases (n = 27)

Vancouver vs. Victoria

Mean

Range

Mean

Range

Mean

Range

P-value^†

Age (years)

36

32 - 42

32

21 - 51

33

21 - 51

0.220

N

%

N

%

N

%

P-value^‡

Sex: Male

15

75

5

71

20

74

1.000

Ethnicity: Asian

11

55

0

0

11

41

0.022*

Hospitalized

19

95

7

100

26

96

1.000

Deceased

10

50

3

43

13

48

1.000

^† P-value determined using t-test.

^‡P-value determined using Fisher's exact test.

*Statistically significant difference (p < 0.05)

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