Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of the study

Gender	Groups						Chi-square
	Case		Control		Total
	N	%	N	%	N	%	X 2	P value
Male	17	26.15	20	30.77	37	28.46	0.340	0.560
Female	48	73.85	45	69.23	93	71.54
Total	65	100.00	65	100.00	130	100.00
Age	Groups						T test
	Case			Control			T	P value
Range	18–60			15–60			−0.290	0.773
Mean ± SD	34.723 ± 9.711			35.215 ± 9.672
Course of MS
			N		%
RRMS			42		64.62
SPMS			22		33.85
PPMS			1		1.54
Total			65		100.00
			Range		Mean ± SD
Age of MS onset			13–49		26.908 ± 7.814
Duration of MS			1–28		14.5
			Range		Median
EDSS			2–7		4.5

SD standard deviation, RRMS relapsing remitting multiple, SPMS secondary progressive multiple sclerosis, PPMS primary progressive multiple sclerosis, EDSS expanded disability status scale