Table 1.

Population characteristics for the cross-sectional sample (median (range)). Group comparisons are performed with the Kruskal-Wallis test. Where only pairwise MS vs. NMOSD comparisons are appropriate, results from the Mann-Whitney U test are reported.

	Controls	MS	NMOSD	p
N (Sex)	17 (4 M)	15 (4 M)	15 (3 M)	–
Age (years)	54 (19–76)	41 (22–68)	45 (20–76)	0.6
Disease duration (months)	–	72 (24–254)	60 (12–186)	0.6
Baseline EDSS	–	2 (0–5)	4 (2–7.5)	0.03⁎
Lesioned segments per subject	–	5 (0–7)	3 (0–7)	0.1
Number of subjects with NASCT	–	11	13	–
Number of subjects with ≥ 1 lesion	–	14	12	–
Number of subjects with no lesions	–	1	3	–

NASCT: normal-appearing spinal cord tissue.

^⁎Significant at p ≤ 0.05.