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Table 1 Demographic data of all study patients

From: The MRZ reaction in primary progressive multiple sclerosis

Study group

PPMS (n = 103)

RRMS (n = 100)

OIND (n = 48)

Comparison statistics

Gender, females in %

60.2

73.0

41.7

p < 0.05 for both MS groups vs. OIND; between MS groups: n.s.

Mean age in years at LP (range; SD)

51.3 (25–78; 10.0)

40.0 (19–74; 11.3)

51.8 (4–84; 18.4)

p < 0.0001 for PPMS and OIND vs. RRMS; between PPMS and OIND: n.s.

  1. PPMS primary progressive multiple sclerosis, RRMS relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, OIND other autoimmune inflammatory neurological diseases comprising 22 patients with neurosarcoidosis (NS), 19 with autoimmune encephalitis (AIE) and 7 with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM), n number of patients, LP lumbar puncture, SD standard deviation, n.s. not significant
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