Table 2.

Demographic data of recruited patients with MS at RR, PP, and SP subtypes.

Demographic and clinical characteristics	RR-MS (n = 30)	PPMS (n = 30)	SPMS (n = 30)	p-valueb
Age (years)	37.0 ± 8.6	33.4 ± 7.0	37.9 ± 10.5	0.12
Gender (F/M)a	19/11	15/15	15/15	0.49
BMI (kg/m2)	30.0 ± 5.8	24.9 ± 3.9	28.2 ± 8.0	0.20

MS multiple sclerosis, RR relapsing remitting, PP primary progressive, SP secondary progressive, F/M female and male, BMI body mass index

^aPresented as the number of subjects in each group. Values are presented as mean ± SD

^bp-value using one-way ANOVA test for age and BMI and chi-square test for gender