Table 1. Descriptive statistics.
| All | HH | SLC | |
| (n = 597) | (n = 302) | (n = 295) | |
| Females n (%) | 285 (54%) | 121 (52%) | 164 (56%) |
| Age mean (sd) | 40.4 (11.1) | 41.6 (11.2) | 39.5 (10.9) |
| Motor symptoms as first manifestation n (%) | 179 (49%) | 83 (35%) | 96 (73%) |
| EDSS baseline | |||
| mean (sd) | 4.3 (1.8) | 4.1 (1.8) | 4.4 (1.8) |
| median (range) | 4.0 (0;9.0) | 4.0 (0;9.0) | 4.0 (0;9.0) |
| Number of EDSS measurements | 2503 | 1111 | 1392 |
| Follow-Up (yrs) mean (sd) | 4.4 (4.3) | 3.7 (3.1) | 4.9 (4.9) |
| last EDSS mean (sd) | 5.5 (1.9) | 5.0 (1.8) | 5.8 (2.0) |
| delta EDSS mean (sd) | 0.35 (1.51) | 0.41 (2.15) | 0.30 (0.65) |
Descriptive statistics for the pooled dataset and separately for the datasets from Hamburg (HH) respectively from the Sylvia Lawry Centre (SLC).