Table 2 Study population characteristics. Age, education, disease duration, EDSS, amount of lesions, lesion volume are presented as mean (± SD)

Number of participants

19

49

30

19

Gender (%male)

21.1

34.7

29.0

42.1

Age (years)

41.3 (± 12.8)

41.0 (± 10.5)

35.7 (± 7.6)*

49.3 (± 8.9)*

Education (years)

13.9 (± 3.8)

13.1 (± 3.9)

13.7 (± 3.5)

12.3 (± 4.4)

Disease duration (years)

0

10.3 (± 6.3)

9.3 (± 5.9)

11.8 (± 6.8)

EDSS

0 (± 0)

4.1 (± 2.1)

2.7 (± 1.4)*

6.3 (± 0.8)*

Number of lesions

1.9 (± 2.7)

15.7 (± 8.5)

16.3 (± 9.3)

14.7 (± 7.3)

Total lesion volume (ml)

0.3 (± 0.8)

23.9 (± 8.5)

15.3 (± 18.7)

25.5 (± 29.9)