Table 4.

Comparison of protein plasma levels in MS patients (1st and 2nd populations) and healthy subjects

	2nd Population vs 1st Population		2nd Population vs Healthy subjects
	t-test	ANCOVA	t-test	ANCOVA
ANGPT1	0.021	0.033	0.261	0.330
CCL13	0.021	0.167	0.013	0.690
CCL18	0.004	0.082	0.002	0.302
NCAM1	0.231	0.332	0.204	0.050
SELL	0.241	0.079	0.914	0.161
VAP1	0.001	0.025	0.007	0.389

Protein abbreviations are reported as in Table 2. Protein levels were evaluated in 42 healthy subjects

The P values of t-test and ANCOVA (using age as covariate) are reported