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Table 1 Demography and ocular findings of NMO and MS patients

From: Visual field defects of optic neuritis in neuromyelitis optica compared with multiple sclerosis

 

NMO

MS

P

 

(n = 15)

(n = 20)

value

Sex (male/female)

0/15

5/15

0.057

Age at onset

36.0 ± 10.9

29.2 ± 8.8

0.038

Duration of disease (years)

14.4 ± 8.8

11.5 ± 9.9

0.216

Number of total relapses

10.1 ± 4.8

6.3 ± 6.4

0.007

Number of ON relapses

3.4 ± 3.2

1.7 ± 0.8

0.004

EDSS score

5.1 ± 2.5

2.6 ± 1.6

0.009

Brain lesion, % (n)

60 (9)

90 (18)

0.051

Spinal lesion, % (n)

100 (15)

60 (12)

0.005

LESCL, % (n)

87 (13)

10 (2)

<0.001

Anti-AQP4 antibody, % (n)

100 (15 )

0

<0.001

  1. NMO = neuromyelitis optica; MS = multiple sclerosis; ON = optic neuritis; EDSS = expanded disability status scale; LESCL = longitudinally extensive spinal cord lesions.