Clinical Study

Retinal Damage in Multiple Sclerosis Disease Subtypes Measured by High-Resolution Optical Coherence Tomography

Table 1

Demographic and clinical data of multiple sclerosis patients (MS) and healthy controls (HC). MS patients are subdivided in the subtypes relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS), secondary-progressive MS (SPMS), and primary-progressive MS (PPMS).

HCMS
RRMSSPMSPPMSAll MS

No. of SubjectsTotal943086541414
Berlin6395228125
Hamburg01582322203
Düsseldorf3155201186

No. of Eyes (eyes with ON)Total183561 (156)116 (27)77 (0)754 (183)
Berlin122187 (77)44 (15)16 (0)247 (92)
Hamburg0270 (54)35 (2)41 (0)346 (56)
Düsseldorf61104 (25)37 (10)20 (0)161 (35)

GenderMale (%)31 (33)87 (28)29 (45)24 (59)140 (34)
Female (%)63 (67)221 (72)36 (55)24 (41)274 (66)

Age (in years)Mean (SD)34.47 (10.25)39.10 (9.50)48.23 (6.11)46.90 (7.10)41.31 (9.59)
Range19–5619–5833–5932–5919–59

Disease duration (in months)Mean (SD)NA91.05 (80.26)186.15 (87.94)100.02 (93.33)106.87 (89.51)
RangeNA0–38439–4034–4260–426

EDSSMedianNA2.05.54.02.5
RangeNA0-73-82-80-8