Table 1.

Baseline demographic and clinical details of patients and controls

	Aggressive MS treated by IAHSCT	Noninflammatory controls
Number of patients	22	28
Mean age at baseline sampling (range)	33.2 (23–44)	35.9 (25–46)
Gender: female, male	13,9	21,7
Mean years disease duration at baseline (range)	7.4 (1–21)	NA
Median EDSS score at baseline (range)	5.0 (2–6.5)	NA
Clinical subtype RR, SP	12, 10	NA

EDSS, Expanded Disability Status Scale; IAHSCT, Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; RRMS, Relapsing Remitting MS; SPMS, Secondary Progressive MS.