Table 1.

Patient demographics and baseline characteristics

Characteristics	Enrolled patients N=195
Age, years
Number of observations	195
Mean (SD)	41 (8.66)
Median	42
Min – max	19–60
Sex, N (%)
Female	130 (66.7%)
Male	65 (33.3%)
Race, N (%)
Caucasian	194 (99.5%)
Other: mix white/native American	1 (0.5%)
Duration of MS, years
Number of observations	195
Mean (SD)	8.97 (6.00)
Median	7.46
Min – max	1.0–30.6
EDSS score
Number of observations	191
Mean (SD)	2.99 (1.71)
Median	2.50
Min – max	0.0–7.0

Abbreviations: EDSS, expanded disability status scale; max, maximum; min, minimum; MS, multiple sclerosis; N, number of patients.