Table 1.

Patient demographic and clinical characteristics.

Characteristics	Multiple Sclerosis McDonald 2017	Clinically Isolated Syndrome Converted to Multiple Sclerosis	Stable Clinically Isolated Syndrome
Females, n (%)	57/83 (69%)	16/25 (64%)	27/41 (66%)
Age, years (range)	31 (17–73)	33 (17–73)	37 (16–54)
Optic neuritis, n (%)	34/83 (41%)	10/25 (40%)	38/41 (93%)
Paresis/sensory symptoms, n (%)	13/83 (16%)	3/25 (12%)	2/41 (5%)
Brainstem symptoms, n (%)	14/83 (17%)	4/25 (16%)	1/41 (2%)
Spinal cord symptoms, n (%)	15/83 (18%)	8/25 (32%)	0
Polysymptomatic, n (%)	7/83 (8%)	0	0