The Diagnostic and Prognostic Value of Neurofilament Heavy Chain Levels in Immune-Mediated Optic Neuropathies

Table 1

Patient characteristics. The median (numbers) are presented.

	CTRL	MSON	CRION	NMO
𝑁	20	28	19	9
Age	34	33	45	29
Followup	n/a	5	65	67
VA baseline	≥1	0.1	0.008	0.01
VA outcome	n/a	0.67	0.1	0.33
NfH (ng/mL)	0.00	0.055	0.07	0.12

F: female, M: male, VA: visual acuity, CTRL: control subjects, MSON: multiple sclerosis optic neuritis, CRION: chronic relapsing isolated optic neuropathy, NMO: neuromyelitis optica.