Table 1.

Demographical and clinical data of patients and healthy controls. Patients and controls were prospectively included and matched for age, gender and educational level

	Early MS	Healthy controls	p‐value
Mean age, years (SD)	37.11 (10.24)	34.32 (11.07)	.43
Sex ratio (F/M)	16/3	15/4	.68
Mean education level, years (SD)	13.74 (2.10)	14.42 (2.14)	.33
Mean disease duration, months (SD)	11.68 (5.84)	–	–
Median EDSS score [range]	1.5 [0 – 3.5]	–	–
Median depression (BDI) score [range]	6 [1–34]	1 [0–11]	.0021

BDI, Beck Depression Inventory; EDSS, Expanded Disability Status Scale; MS, Multiple Sclerosis; SD, Standard Deviation.