Table 1.

Demographics of Participants of this Study.

Groups	Number of patients	Age (SD)	Female/male	Race (white/other)	MS diagnosis duration (SD)	EDSS (SD)
HC	5	56.3 (7.8)	4/1	5/0	—	—
RRMS	8	40.7 (13.5)	7/1	7/1	3.2 (3.0)	1.2 (.9)
BMS	12	57.0 (7.3)	11/1	12/0	24.9 (9.8)	1.2 (.7)
SPMS	32	53.0 (7.1)	24/8	29/3	20.4 (10.5)	5.7 (1.3)

Age, average age of the group; BMS, non-progressive benign MS; EDSS, The Expanded Disability Status Scale; HC, healthy control; MS diagnosis duration, average MS disease duration after MS diagnosis; RRMS, relapsing-remitting MS; SD, standard deviation; SPMS, secondary progressive MS.