Table 1.
Patient characteristics
Inflammatory neuropathy | Controls | ||||
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Patient characteristics | Total | CIDP | MMN | Total | Level of significance |
No. of participants | 36 | 19 | 17 | 14 | |
Age, y (SD) | 59.7 (14.9) | 69.9 (9.0) | 48.3 (11.7) | 55.2 (16.5) | NS |
Men (%) | 26 (72) | 12 (63) | 14 (82) | 7 (50) | NS |
Disease duration, mo (SD) | 43.3 (47.7) | 45.0 (48.7) | 41.5 (48.0) | 39.1 (37.0) | NS |
Abbreviations: CIDP, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy; MMN, multifocal motor neuropathy; NS, not significant.