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Table 1 Distribution of age, sex, and follow-up time in the patient groups

From: Cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers for predicting development of multiple sclerosis in acute optic neuritis: a population-based prospective cohort study

 

N

f/m

Ratio

Years of age, median (range)

Follow-up time, median (range)

HC

12

5/7

0.7

48.0 (16–63)

n.a.

ION

24

16/8

2.0

39.3 (16–67)

29.6 (21–41)

MS-ON

16

11/5

2.2

41.5 (23–52)

28.2 (19–38)

p value versus

 

ION

MS-ON

ION

MS-ON

ION

MS-ON

HC

 

0.175

0.250

0.219

0.368

n.a.

n.a.

ION

  

0.990

 

0.745

 

0.120

MS-ON

       
  1. n.a. not applicable