Table 1.

Demographic features

	HS	Seropositive patients	CMS patients
Number	20	24	17
Age	44.7 ± 2.8	47.9 ± 3.2	41.3 ± 3.0
Male:female	5:15	1:23	5:12
Disease duration		12.0 ± 1.6	9.4 ± 2.4
Age of symptom onset		36.1 ± 3.0	31.9 ± 3.4
Relapses in last 2 y		1.4 ± 0.3	0.7 ± 0.2
EDSS score in disease remission		5.0 ± 0.5	2.1 ± 0.6
Other autoantibodies		ANA 13, SS-A 5	ND

Demographic features for HS, AQP4-Ab seropositive patients, and CMS patients. Values are expressed as number or mean ± SEM. ANA, anti-nuclear antibody; ND, not detected; SS-A, anti–SS-A antibody; EDSS, expanded disability status scale.