General characteristics of the population living with MND in greater London, and divided by being recipient of a grant from the Motor Neurone Disease Association
| Characteristics | All n=396 | Grant recipient n=96 | Not grant recipient n=300 | P value* |
| Men (%) | 233 (58.8) | 49 (51.0) | 184 (61.3) | 0.075 |
| Age, mean (SD) | 65.7 (12.7) | 65.0 (13.0) | 66.0 (12.6) | 0.523 |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| White (%) | 127 (32.1) | 41 (32.3) | 86 (67.7) | <0.001 |
| Asian (%) | 25 (6.3) | 12 (48.0) | 13 (52.0) | |
| Black (%) | 13 (3.3) | 5 (38.5) | 8 (61.5) | |
| Mixed | 7 (1.8) | 2 (28.6) | 5 (71.4) | |
| Other/unknown | 224 (56.6) | 188 (83.9) | 36 (16.1) | |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation | ||||
| Decile, mean (SD) | 5.4 (2.7) | 5.5 (2.7) | 5.4 (2.6) | 0.773 |
↵*P value from χ2 test for categorical variables, and t-test for continuous variables.
MND, motor neuron disease.