Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of examined groups of patients.

	Group	Gender
		Women *	Men *	All
n	Healthy controls	9	7	16
%		56.25	43.75	100
Age	Range 25–46	39.67 ± 6.00	36.00 ± 8.29	38.06 ± 7.09 **
n	MS	19	13	32
%		59.38	40.63	100
age	Range 19–51	36.26 ± 9.40	36.00 ± 7.11	36.16 ± 8.42 **
n	All	28	20	48

* p = 0.84 (chi-square test), ** p = 0.44 (U Mann–Whitney test).