Research Article

Oxidative Modification of Blood Serum Proteins in Multiple Sclerosis after Interferon Beta and Melatonin Treatment

Table 1

Demographic data of the subjects studied.

GroupControlRRMS INF-beta + MELRRMS INF-betaRRMS untreated

Subject number (n) (total )11253614
Age (years) mean ± SD34.54 ± 9.638.16 ± 8.2939.49 ± 10.1640.65 ± 10.01
Female/male number (n)6/518/726/107/7
EDSS mean ± SDNA1.85 ± 0.752.52 ± 1.142.68 ± 1.11
Disease duration (years) mean ± SDNA4.89 ± 1.416.07 ± 3.970.88 ± 0.65
Treatment duration (months) mean ± SDNA29.51 ± 5.0328.18 ± 7.13NA
Number of T2 brain MRI lesions (mean ± SD)NA8.70 ± 7.549.18 ± 6.5611.11 ± 10.94
Number of T1 Gd(+) brain MRI lesions (mean ± SD)NA0.52 ± 0.170.66 ± 0.650.86 ± 0.85

NA: nonapplicable. Data are presented as mean ± SD.