Table 1.
Patient characteristics and OCB status.
| OCB | Positive n=10 |
%, SD | Negative n=13 |
%, SD | Total n=23 |
%, SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 8 | 80% | 8 | 62% | 16 | 67% |
| Onset age | 32.0 | ± 9.8 | 42.8 | ± 15.4 | 38.1 | ± 14.3 |
| Disease duration (years) | 5.9 | ± 5.0 | 9.0 | ± 13.2 | 7.6 | 10.5 |
| EDSS final visit |
2.5 | ± 3.0 | 2.2 | ± 2.5 | 2.4 | ± 2.7 |
| EDSSworst | 4.0 | ± 2.3 | 3.9 | ± 2.1 | 3.9 | ± 2.2 |
| Lesion | ||||||
| Optic nerve | 4 | 40% | 9 | 69% | 13 | 57% |
| Brain | 7 | 70% | 8 | 62% | 15 | 65% |
| Spinal cord | 4 | 40% | 8 | 62% | 12 | 52% |
| Clinical course | ||||||
| Monophasic | 3 | 30% | 11 | 84% | 14 | 61% |
| Relapsing | 6 | 60% | 1 | 8% | 7 | 30% |
| Progressive | 1 | 10% | 1 | 8% | 2 | 9% |
| Meet the red flags (1) | 3/10 | 30% | 1/13 | 8% | 4/23 | 17% |
OCB, oligoclonal band; SD, standard deviation; EDSS, expanded disability severity scale.