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. 2019 Jul 15;11(13):4463–4477. doi: 10.18632/aging.102093

Table 1. Characteristics of MS patients and HC.

HC MS p-value
Sample size, n 16 16 -
Age, mean ± SD 35.06 ± 8.54 38.56 ± 11.54 0.35a
Sex, n 1b
Male 4 4
Female 12 12
Brain MRI abnormalities (%) NA 16/16 (100%) -
EDSS score, mean ± SD NA 3.23 ± 0.59 -

HC, healthy controls; MS, multiple sclerosis; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; EDSS, expanded disability status scale; SD, standard deviation; NA, not applicable; a, Student’s-t test; b, Two-sided χ2 test.