Table 1.

Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics in the two study groups.

	Multiple Sclerosis (N=15)	Healthy Controls (N=22)	p
Age (years; M, SD)	60.9 (5.1)	64.2 (5.7)	0.084
Sex			0.683
Women (n, %)	13 (86.7)	19 (86.4)
Men (n, %)	2 (13.3)	3 (13.6)
Race			0.389
White (n, %)	13 (86.7)	15 (68.2)
Black (n, %)	2 (13.3)	6 (27.3)
Hispanic (n, %)	0 (0.0)	1 (4.6)
BMI	28.00 (5.6)	27.9 (6.1)	0.960
Disease Duration (years; M, SD)	19.2 (5.0)	-
EDSS (median, IQR)	4.0 (1.0)	-
T25FW (ft/s; M, SD)	4.5 (1.5)	6.1 (0.9)	<0.001
6MW (ft; M, SD)	1393.6 (426.7)	1858.4 (300.8)	<0.001

6MW=Six-Minute Walk; BMI=body mass index; IQR=interquartile range; EDSS=Expanded Disability Status Scale; M=mean; SD=standard deviations; T25FW=Timed 25-foot Walk