Table 1.

Demographic and clinical data of the two study groups at presentation and the clinical or radiological progression in the MS group during the first year of follow‐up

Variable	CIS	MS	p‐Value
Number of subjects	21	25
Demographic characteristics
Age (year)	38.1 ± 11.5	27.2 ± 7.7	<0.001
Female sex no. (%)	15 (71%)	20 (80%)	0.73
Medical history		1 (Diabetic)
EDSS (expanded disability scale score) at baseline	1.881 ± 0.77	2.32 ± 0.61	0.0369
Clinical presentation type
Optic neuritis	4	12	0.04
Transverse myelitis	5	0	0.009
Sensory/motor deficit	9	11	0.93
Other symptoms	3	3	0.82
Type of progression
Number of patients with second clinical attack		17 (68%)
Number of patients with dynamic in MRI		8 (32%)
Dynamic on MRI
Number of patients with new lesion		7 (87.5%)
Number of patients with enhance old lesion		1 (12.5%)
Total number of patients with enhance lesion old or new		6 (75%)