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Table 1 Demographic, clinical and genetic characteristics of the individuals enrolled in the study

From: HLA alleles modulate EBV viral load in multiple sclerosis

 

Healthy controls (HC)

Multiple sclerosis patients (MS)

Relapsing–remitting MS patients (RR-MS)

Progressive MS patients (P-MS)

N

89

117

77

40

Gender (M:F)

43:46

48:69

32:45

16:24

Age (years)

44.8 ± 10.8

44.7 ± 12.6

42.1 ± 9.5

50.8 ± 10.2

EDSS

3.8 ± 2.2

2.9 ± 1.6

6.1 ± 2.1*

HLA-A*02 carriers (%)

64

62

66

60

HLA-B*07 carriers (%)

69

60

61

57

HLA-DRB1*15 carriers (%)

68

64

63

68

  1. Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation
  2. EDSS Expanded Disability Status Scale
  3. * p < 0.0001 vs. RR-MS