Table 1.

Characteristics of Multiple Sclerosis patients and Control group.

	Control Group	Multiple Sclerosis
Female/Male, n	15/5	20/5
Age, years a	43 ± 13.5	37 ± 9.5
Disease duration, years b	na	5 (1-20)
Scale of EDSS, n	—
0–1.5	na	8
2–8	na	17
Disease course, n	—
Relapsing-remitting	na	23
Progressive relapsing	na	2

^aValues expressed in mean ± standard deviation.

^bValues expressed in median (minimum–maximum).