Table 1 Demographic and disease characteristics of multiple sclerosis patients and healthy controls
From: The relevance of cortical lesions in patients with multiple sclerosis
|  | nCL group (n = 10), Mean (SD) | CL group (n = 32), Mean (SD) | Controls (n = 43), Mean (SD) | Test | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age, years | 32.6 (9.98) | 38.22 (7.2) | 36.1 (8.29) | One-way ANOVA | 0.155 |
Education, years | 15.5 (3.1) | 14.45 (3.2) | 14.58 (2.4) | KW | 0.408 |
Cognitive reservea | 30.0 (3.1) | 30.94 (3.4) | 30.70 (2.3) | KW | 0.689 |
EDSS | 2.0 (1.8) | 2.8 (1.8) | – | MW-U | 0.174 |
Age at diagnosis, years | 26.7 (9.7) | 30.65 (7.6) | – | t-test | 0.185 |
Disease duration, years | 65.5 (59.6) | 85.31 (68.9) | – | MW-U | 0.570 |