Table 3.

Characteristics of the subjects involved in this study.

Variable	HD Group (n = 60)	RR-MS Group (n = 87)	p-Value
Gender, n (%)			0.601 a
Male	7 (11.7)	21 (16.7)
Female	53 (88.3)	66 (83.3)
Age (years), median (range)	41 (19–66)	38 (18–59)	0.377 b
BBB impairment, median (range)	-	5.5 (2.8–15.2)
Duration of disease (years), median (range)	-	5 (3–6)
EDSS, median (range)	-	2.5 (0.0–6.0)

BBB: blood-brain barrier; EDSS: Expanded Disability Status Scale; ^a Fisher’s exact test; ^b Mann-Whitney U test.