Table 1:

Demographic and clinical data in 16 patients with MS with OCD and in 15 patients with MS without psychiatric disorders (CG)

	MS OCD	MS CG
Age (yrs)	39.5 ± 8.0	36.8 ± 7.7
Gender (F/M)	10/6	10/5
EDSS	2.0 (1–3)	1.5 (1–2.5)
Disease duration (yrs)	5.75 ± 3.8	5.87 ± 4.1
Education (yrs)	15.6 ± 3.1	14.8 ± 2.8

Note:—All values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation, except for gender (ratio) and EDSS (median and range). No statistically significant difference in any demographic and clinical variable was found between the 2 groups by unpaired t test (except for gender).