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. 2015 Jul 1;10(7):e0132106. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0132106

Table 1. Characteristics of the patient population.

Variables All MS Patients Established MS patients Newly diagnosed patients (drugs naïve)
Total number of subjects (N) 195 134 61
MS subtype:
 Relapsing Remitting, N (%) 166 (85.2) 105 (78.4) 61 (100)
 Secondary Progressive, N (%) 26 (13.3) 26 (19.4) -
 Primary Progressive, N (%) 3 (1.5) 3 (2.2) -
Age at recruitment (years), median (IQR) 32 (27–38) 33 (27–41) 31 (26–36)
Age at diagnosis (years), median (IQR) 28 (21–34) 27 (20–33) 30.5 (23.8–34.0)
Age at onset (years), median (IQR) 27 (20–32) 26 (19–32) 28.5 (22.0–32.8)
MS duration (years), median (IQR) 3 (0–8) 5 (2–10) 2 (1–7)
EDSS score, median (IQR) 1.5 (0–2.5) 1.5 (0–3) 1 (0–2)
Number of relapses, median (IQR) 3 (1–5) 4 (2–7) 0.1 (0.1–0.2)