Table 1.

Characteristics of the enrolled patients (n = 55)

	scTDL	IMSCT	P value
Age	49.95 ± 16.44	50.31 ± 15.57	0.671
Gender
Male(%)	7 (35.00)	29 (52.73)	0.170
Female(%)	13 (65.00)	26 (47.27)
Diagnosis
AST(%)	/	7 (12.73)
EPN(%)	/	48 (87.27)
MS(%)	11 (55.00)	/
NMO(%)	9 (45.00)	/
Location
Cervical(%)	15 (75.00)	30 (54.55)	0.000
Thoracic(%)	5 (25.00)	13 (23.64)
Lumbar(%)	0 (0.00)	12 (21.82)

Student's t-test for the normally distributed continuous variable (age) (conforms to a normal distribution) and Pearson chi-square test for the categorical variables (gender)

AST Astrocytoma, EPN Ependymoma, MS Multiple Sclerosis, NMO Neuromyelitis Optica