Table 2.

Circulating MP counts in healthy controls and the different clinical forms of MS

	PMPs mean (SD) counts/μl	EMPs-CD31 mean (SD) counts/μl	EMPs-CD62 mean (SD) counts/μl	PMPs p vs.Ct	EMPs-CD31 p vs.Ct	EMPs-CD62 p vs.Ct
Control	15,646 (11,901)	2,202 (2,784)	418 (289)
CIS	30,936 (22,550)	7,964 (6,888)	646 (195)	n.s.	<0.05	<0.05
RRMS	28,929 (18,247)	7,136 (6,088)	511 (231)	<0.001	<0.001	n.s.
SPMS	34,188 (29,511)	7,512 (5,962)	629 (644)	<0.01	<0.001	n.s.
PPMMS	26,422 (9,865)	6,460 (3,610)	699 (621)	<0.05	<0.001	n.s.

(n.s.: not statistically significant). p values compared to Control group, Student’s t-test.