Table 1. Clinical characteristics of healthy controls and MS patients.

Clinical Category	N	Age (years)mean; range	EDSSmean; range	Sex (F/M)
Healthy controls	17	37; 22–54	–	9/8
RRMS	15	38; 20–49	2; 1–4	10/5
RRMS-IFN-β	12	41; 20–60	1.7; 1–3.5	7/5

EDSS, Expanded Disability Status Score; RRMS, patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis; RRMS-IFN-β, RRMS patients treated with interferon- β1a.