Table 1. Demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients.

	control	MS	NMOSD
Number of patients	17	50	57
Female to male (n)	13: 4	33: 17	51: 6
Age of onset mean / SD* (range)	NA**	30.20 / 8.06 (14–48)	31.49 / 13. 51 (6–64)
Age at sampling mean / SD (range)	33.35 / 8.36 (22–49)	36.10 / 11.56 (14–50)	35.64 / 11.50 (10–65)
EDSS*** Median (range)	NA	2.0 (0–8.0)	3.5 (0–9.0)
Activity of disease (n)	NA	Relapse (20) Remission (30)	Relapse (36) Remission (21)

^*SD, standard deviation

^**NA, not applicable

^***EDSS, Expanded disability status scale