Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of PwMS and healthy controls.

Characteristics	MS group (X ± SD)	Control group (X ± SD)	p
Age, years	41 ± 11	42 ± 11	0.856
BMI, kg/m2	24.68 ± 4.08	24.77 ± 3.76	0.920
Gender (female/male), n (%)	28 (73.7)/10 (26.3)	26 (68.4)/12 (31.6)	0.613
EDSS, score	2.51 ± 0.93	-	-
Duration of illness, years	8.4 ± 5.4	-	-

MS: Multiple Sclerosis, BMI: Body Mass Index, EDSS: Expanded Disability Status Scale, X: Mean, SD: Standard deviation,

^*p < 0.05.