Table 1 Baseline characteristics and demographic data of the study subjects
Parameters | ITM group |
|---|---|
N | 124 |
Age (years) | 45.4 ± 12.8 |
Sex | |
Male | 85 (68.5%) |
Female | 39 (31.5%) |
Follow-up period (years) | 4.0 (1.0–8.7) |
EDSS | 2.0 (1.5–3.5) |
EDSS ≥ 4 | 20 (16.1%) |
EDSS < 4 | 104 (83.9%) |
MRI lesion location | |
Cervical cord only | 33 (26.6%) |
Cervicothoracic cord | 11 (8.9%) |
Thoracic cord only | 75 (60.5%) |
Thoracolumbar cord | 5 (4.0%) |
MRI lesion length (vertebral segments) | 2.0 (1.5–3.5) |
WBC count (total, /µL) | 7300.0 (6125.0–9277.5) |
Neutrophil (%) | 55.5 (48.0–63.2) |
Lymphocyte (%) | 32.9 (26.2–36.6) |
NLR | 1.717 (1.304–2.452) |
lnNLR | 0.625 ± 0.523 |
Immunoglobulin G index | 0.524 (0.450–0.641) |
Oligoclonal band | 4 (3.2%) |