Growth Hormone and Disease Severity in Early Stage of Multiple Sclerosis

Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the MS, OND patients, OND and HC.

	MS (𝑛=64)	OND (𝑛=46)	HC (𝑛=62)	𝑃
Age (mean ± SD)	50.21±8.08	48.48±15.41	48.87±7.14	0.640
Male : female	27 : 37	20 : 26	23 : 39	0.786
EDSS (mean ± SD)	4.57±2.17	—	—	—
PP (𝑛)	19	—	—	—
SP (𝑛)	23	—	—	—
RR (𝑛)	22	—	—	—

RR: relapsing-remitting; SP: secondary progressive; PP: primary progressive, EDSS: expanded disability scale score.