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. 2015 Feb 13;10(2):e0116681. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0116681

Table 1. Clinical Data and CCT values in MS patients and Control Groups.

MS Patients
Characteristic Control Subjects Whole group RR-MS P-MS
Sample size 44 80 45 35
Male-to-Female ratio 10/34 30/50 14/31 16/19
Age yrs. 50.7 (13.12) 47.5 (9.05) 45.3 (9.02) 51.1 (9.18)
EDSS (IQR)* 5.25 (3.5) 3.5 (3) 6 (2.5)
Disease duration yrs. 13.5 (0.96) 11.9 (1.10) 15.1 (1,64)
Age at disease onset yrs. 35.2 (1.97) 32.9 (1.26) 35.2 (1.79)
CCT s 2.8 (0.51) 4.8 (1.27) 4.7 (0.17) 5.1 (0.23)
Therapy:
No therapy 34 16 18
Natalizumab 10 6 4
Glatiramer acetate 12 8 4
Azathioprine 5 2 3
Interferon β-1a or β-1b 18 12 6
Other therapies 1 1 0

Data are means with standard deviations in parentheses.

* For EDSS median and IQR are instead reported. Other therapy is 4-aminopyridine.