Table 1.
Multiple sclerosis | Acute optic neuritis | Neuromyelitis optica | Healthy control matched to multiple sclerosis cohort | Healthy control matched to neuromyelitis optica cohort | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Subjects, n | 98 | 20 | 22 | 50 | 22 |
Age at OCT scan (years) (SD) | 41.7 (10.8) | 37.5 (10.1)a | 48.3 (9.9) | 40.5 (7.7) | 46.7 (7.6) |
Sex, n (%) | |||||
Male | 28 (29) | 2 (10) | 3 (14) | 15 (30) | 6 (27) |
Female | 70 (71) | 18 (90) | 19 (86) | 35 (70) | 16 (73) |
Average disease duration (SD) | 12.4 (8.6) | 4.7 (5.3) | 7.1 (7.4) | ||
Eyes with history of acute optic neuritis, n (%) | 73 (37) | 24 (60) | 19 (45) |
a At baseline.
OCT = optical coherence tomography; SD = standard deviation.