Research Article
Predictors of Conversion to Multiple Sclerosis in Patients with Clinical Isolated Syndrome Using the 2010 Revised McDonald Criteria
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of CIS patients.
| Variable | Number of patients (%) |
| Gender | | Female | 55 (56.7%) | Male | 42 (43.3%) |
| Age (mean SD) | 26.88 7.25 |
| Age | | 30 years | 70 (72.2%) | 30 years | 27 (27.8%) |
| Age at onset (mean SD) | 25.02 7.06 |
| Age at onset | | 30 years | 73 (75.3%) | 30 years | 24 (24.7%) |
| Clinical presentation | | Supratentorial | 31 (32%) | Optic pathway | 17 (17.5%) | Brainstem/cerebellar | 23 (23.7%) | Spinal cord | 30 (30.9%) | Multifocal | 7 (7.2%) |
| Number of MRI lesions | | 0 | 2 (2.1%) | 1–3 | 18 (18.6%) | 4–8 | 37 (38.1%) | 9 | 40 (41.2%) |
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