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Table 1 Baseline demographics and symptoms onset in each of the patient sub-groups

From: Increased expression of Tbet in CD4+ T cells from clinically isolated syndrome patients at high risk of conversion to clinically definite MS

 

CIS—not converted (n = 10)

CIS—converted (n = 10)

RRMS (n = 10)

HC (n = 10)

Mean age at onset (SD)

31.6 (6.4)

27.4 (5.2)

29.7 (6.9)

30.8 (4.6)

Men/women

5/5

3/7

4/6

3/7

Symptom onset

 Optic neuritis (%)

2 (20)

6 (55)

6 (60)

N.A.

 Brainstem (%)

3 (30)

3 (27)

2 (20)

 

 Spinal cord (%)

5 (50)

2 (18)

2 (20)

 
  1. CIS clinically isolated syndrome, RRMS relapsing remitting MS, SD standard deviation
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