Table 4. Number of STAT3 mutation carriers in MS patients and controls.

	MS (n = 94)	Ctrl (n = 99)	p-value*
Any mutation	26 (28%)	24(24%)	0.62
Median age	49 yrs	47 yrs
Any mutations ≥2	9 (9.6%)	2 (2.0%)	0.03 (pcorr = 0.12)
Median age	50 yrs	58 yrs
Mutation in COSMIC/OMIM	19 (20%)	22 (22%)	0.86
Median age	51 yrs	51 yrs
Other mutations**	9 (9.6%)	3 (3.0%)	0.08 (pcorr = 0.24)
Median age	48 yrs	39 yrs

* Fisher’s exact test, corrected, when necessary by the number of comparisons (4);

**Mutation not found in COSMIC/OMIM. COSMIC, Catalogue Of Somatic Mutations In Cancer; OMIM, Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man.