Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of patients with MS and healthy controls

Variable	MS patients (n = 20)	Controls (n = 20)	p value
Age, years	41.5 ± 12	44.5 ± 13	0.925
Male sex	8 (40)	8 (40)	1.000
RRMS	12 (60)	n.a.	n.a.
PPMS	4 (20)	n.a.	n.a.
SPMS	4 (20)	n.a.	n.a.
EDSS score	3 ± 1.5	n.a.	n.a.

Values are means ± SD or n (%). n.a. = Not applicable.