Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the cohorts
From: Cellular sources of dysregulated cytokines in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis
RRMS patients | Control groups | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Median age | Female% | Median EDSS | Duration | Mean age | Female% | |
Whole blood studies | 34.0 (28.0 to 39.0) | 59% | 2.0 (1.0 to 3.0) | 5.0 (2.0 to 7.0) | 32.0 (29.0 to 38.0) | 58% |
Cell subset studies | 38.0 (30.5 to 47.0) | 75% | 1.5 (1.0 to 3.1) | 5.0 (1.3 to 12.5) | 33.5 (24.5 to 36.5) | 75% |
CSF cell studies | 37.5 (31.3 to 42.8) | 59% | 3.5 (3.0 to 6.4) | 6.0 (1.5 to 9.75) | 51.5 (45.0 to 59.0) | 70% |