Table 4.

Correlation between the presence of oligoclonal bands and MRZR-2 in patients with multiple sclerosis

Combined MS group (n = 203)	OCB positive	OCB negative		Association metrics
MRZR-2 positive	96	3	99
MRZR-2 negative	87	17	104
	183	20	203	ϕ = 0.22

OCB positive ≥2 oligoclonal bands in CSF, MRZR-1 one or more positive antibody indices (AI) for measles (M), rubella (R) and varicella zoster (Z), MRZR-2 two or more positive AI, positive AI AI ≥ 1.5, combined MS group: all primary progressive multiple sclerosis patients (n = 103) and relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis patients (n = 100), ϕ Phi correlation coefficient