Table 1.

Demographic data of subjects included in this study.

	Patients (250)	Controls (125)
Age (yrs ± SD, median, range)	38.2 ± 9, 37, 18–61	37.3 ± 10.8, 38, 20–59
Females (males)	188 (62)	92 (33)
Disease duration (yrs ± SD, median, range)	1.58 ± 3.06, 0.83, 0.04–24.8	NA
EDSS at baseline (mean ± SD, median, range)	1.85 ± 1.1, 2.0, 0–5	NA
T1 lesion volume in cc (mean ± SD, median, range)	1.78 ± 2.61, 0.78, 0.01–15.4	NA
T2 lesion volume in cc (mean ± SD, median, range)	10.11 ± 11.99, 5.07, 0.41–72.60	NA