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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jul 19.
Published in final edited form as: J Neuroimmunol. 2011 Aug 26;238(1-2):87–95. doi: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2011.08.002

Table 1.

Clinical data. Demographics of patients included in lipid array screening with whole CSF samples.

Variable MS OND
Number 40 40
Age
  Median 38.5 44.5
  Range 25–64 16–69
Sex
  F:M 24:16 28:12
CSF IEF
  Isolated OCB 37 0
  No bands 1 36
  Othera 2 4

Isolated CSF anti-lipid antibodies were not identified in any MS patients without OCB.

a

Polyclonal or monoclonal CSF IgG or paired bands in CSF & serum.