Table 1 Comparison of the demographic and clinical characteristics between multiple sclerosis (MS) patients and non-MS controls in the merged dataset and in the validation group

Age (years)

44.87 ± 15.66

42.71 ± 12.00

0.466

29.73 ± 10.78

42.33 ± 11.85

0.195

Sex (%)

 Female

37 (60.7%)

19 (61.3%)

0.953

8 (72.7%)

2 (66.7%)

0.837

 Male

24 (39.3%)

12 (38.7%)

3 (27.3%)

1 (33.3%)

Subtype (%)

 RRMS

32 (52.5%)

–

–

8 (72.7%)

–

–

 PPMS

10 (16.4%)

–

1 (9.1%)

–

 SPMS

19 (31.1%)

–

2 (18.2%)

–

DMDs (%)

–

–

–

3 (27.3%)

–

–

CSF testing

 OB (%)

–

–

–

1 (16.7%)

–

–

 Antibody (%) (anti-AQP4, MOG, MBP)

0 (0.0%)