Table 1.
Patient characteristics.
| Overall | OCR | Other DMT | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | 24 | 15 | 9 | ||
| Age, mean (SD), y | 46.1 (12.49) | 42.6 (12.12) | 52.0 (11.38) | 0.073 | |
| Sex, n (%) | Female | 21 (92) | 14 (93) | 8 (89) | 0.70 |
| Male | 2 (8) | 1 (7) | 1 (11) | ||
| Race, n (%) | White | 21 (88) | 13 (87) | 8 (89) | 0.69 |
| Black | 2 (8) | 1 (7) | 1 (11) | ||
| Hispanic | 1 (4) | 1 (7) | 0 (0) | ||
| MS subtype, n (%) | RRMS | 22 (92) | 13 (87) | 9 (100) | 0.52 |
| PPMS | 1 (4) | 1 (7) | 0 (0) | ||
| SPMS | 1 (4) | 1 (7) | 0 (0) | ||
| Onset of disease, mean (SD), y | 11.6 (8.95) | 9.8 (7.05) | 14.6 (11.29) | 0.21 | |
| Time between infection and testing, mean (SD), months | 2.85 (2.90) | 2.97 (2.79) | 2.67 (3.23) | 0.81 |