Table 1.

Patient demographics

	Gender	N	Age				Race*
			Ave	Median	Std Dev	Range
Healthy Controls	Males	12	47.4	46	8.6	30–59	10-2-0
	Females	18	47.9	46	9.3	30–64	17-1-0
	Total	30	47.7	46	8.9	30–64	27-3-0
RRMS(r)	Males	10	40.2	42	10.8	20–54	8-2-0
	Females	20	47.2	46.5	10.6	26–67	18-1-1
	Total	30	44.8	45	11.0	20–67	26-3-1
RRMS(e)	Males	5	36.6	34	6.6	29–44	4-1-0
	Females	24	43	46	8.8	20–59	20-3-1
	Total	29	41.9	44	8.7	20–59	24-4-1

RRMS(r) = RRMS in remission. RRMS(e) = RRMS in exacerbation. N = number of patients in each cohort.

^*C: Caucasian;

AA: African American; O: Other