Table 2.
Clinical and demographic case description of CSF sample cases at time of lumbar puncture.
| Controls | Multiple sclerosis cases | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diagnose at LP | EDSS | OCB status | Age (years) | Sex | Diagnose at LP | EDSS | OCB status | Age (years) | Sex |
| Non-neurological | N/A | Neg | 74 | F | RRMS | 2 | Pos | 29 | M |
| Non-neurological | N/A | Neg | 25 | F | RRMS | 3 | Pos | 51 | M |
| Non-neurological | N/A | Neg | 36 | M | RRMS | 2 | Pos | 43 | F |
| Non-neurological | N/A | Neg | 28 | M | RRMS | 1.5 | Pos | 42 | M |
| Non-neurological | N/A | Neg | 79 | M | RRMS | 2 | Pos | 51 | F |
| Non-neurological | N/A | Neg | 63 | M | RRMS | 0 | Pos | 40 | M |
| Non-neurological | N/A | Neg | 86 | F | RRMS | 1.5 | Pos | 42 | F |
| Non-neurological | N/A | Neg | 39 | F | RRMS | 2 | Pos | 43 | F |
| Non-neurological | N/A | Neg | 68 | M | RRMS | – | Pos | 74 | F |
| OIND | N/A | Neg | 35 | F | RRMS | 2 | Pos | 35 | F |
| OIND | N/A | Pos | 32 | M | RRMS | 1.5 | Pos | 38 | F |
| OIND | N/A | Pos | 45 | F | RRMS | 3 | Pos | 35 | F |
| OIND | N/A | Neg | 63 | F | RRMS | 1.5 | Pos | 42 | M |
| OIND | N/A | Neg | 33 | M | RRMS | 1.5 | Pos | 29 | F |
| OIND | N/A | Neg | 35 | M | RRMS | 1 | Pos | 28 | F |
| OIND | N/A | Neg | 35 | M | RRMS | 1 | Pos | 33 | F |
| OND | N/A | Neg | 50 | F | RRMS | 1 | Pos | 29 | F |
| OND | N/A | Neg | 28 | F | RRMS | 2 | Pos | 32 | F |
| OND | N/A | Neg | 36 | F | RRMS | 1 | Pos | 37 | F |
| OND | N/A | Neg | 38 | F | RRMS | 1 | Pos | 35 | F |
| OND | N/A | Neg | 37 | F | RRMS | 0 | Pos | 28 | F |
| OND | N/A | Neg | 33 | M | RRMS | 1 | Pos | 41 | F |
LP lumbar puncture, EDSS expanded disability status scale, OCB oligoclonal bands, CSF cerebrospinal fluid. – information unavailable.