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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Multi-parametric MRI phenotype with trustworthy machine learning for differentiating CNS demyelinating diseases

Characteristics

3 T MRI cohort

1.5 T MRI cohort

Both cohorts

P

MS (n = 38)

NMO (n = 30)

MS (n = 40)

NMO (n = 8)

MS (n = 78)

NMO (n = 38)

Age, year, mean ± SD

35.7 ± 9.5

41.5 ± 10.8

37.4 ± 10.6

38.5 ± 15.4

36.5 ± 10.0

40.9 ± 11.7

0.053a

Female/male

25/13

23/7

26/14

8/0

51/27

31/07

0.114b

EDSS, mean ± SD

3.1 ± 1.7

3.8 ± 1.7

2.8 ± 1.4

4.1 ± 1.6

2.9 ± 1.5

3.8 ± 1.6

0.005a

Disease duration, month, mean ± SD

62.5 ± 56.4

61.7 ± 56.3

50.8 ± 50.9

84.0 ± 67.0

56.8 ± 54.1

66.4 ± 58.4

0.396a

  1. MS multiple sclerosis, NMO neuromyelitis optica, EDSS expanded disease severity scale, SD standard deviation
  2. aTwo-sample t-test
  3. bChi-squared test