AGE AND GENDER CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

Abstract

The article provides information about an epidemiological study that explore the age and gender characteristics of multiple sclerosis among the population of the city of Baku. In the period from 2013 to 2020, 559 residents of the city of Baku with multiple sclerosis were involved in the study. The disease was diagnosed based on the 2010 McDonald criteria. 392 (70.1%) patients were women and 167 (29.9%) men. 318 (56.9%) cases were born in Baku and 241 (43.1%) were born in different regions of Azerbaijan, and then moved to the capital for permanent residence. The average age and sex characteristics of patients during the first attack, the second attack and when applying to the Republican Clinical Hospital were studied.
It was established that the first attack of the disease occurred on average at the age of 29.1 years. There were no differences in the age of onset of the disease between female and male patients. Those born in Baku fell ill 2.2 years earlier than patients born in the regions of Azerbaijan and later settled in the capital. The age range of 20 to 39 years is the most common for onset of MS.