Body Mass Index in Multiple Sclerosis: Associations with CSF Neurotransmitter Metabolite Levels

Table 2

Number of subjects in BMI quartiles defined from male controls (BMI limits 23.51 and 27.90) and female controls (BMI limits 21.81 and 28.58). Percent of subjects in parentheses.

	Males			Females
	Lower	2nd + 3rd	Upper	Lower	2nd + 3rd	Upper
Controls	37 (25.3)	73 (50.0)	36 (24.7)	53 (25.0)	105 (50.9)	51 (24.1)
CIS	22 (29.3)	38 (50.7)	15 (20.0)	45 (33.3)	72 (53.3)	18 (13.4)
RRMS	20 (25.3)	42 (53.2)	17 (21.5)	92 (51.1)	71 (39.4)	17 (9.4)
	Chi-square		𝑃	Chi-square		𝑃
CNTR versus CIS	0.77		.68	6.89		.032
CNTR versus RRMS	0.35		.85	32.74		.0001
CIS versus RRMS	0.32		.85	9.93		.007