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Patients with MS, Baseline Patients with MS, 9-Year Follow-Up Patients with MS, 18-Year Follow-Up Healthy Controls Female/male (No.) 18:5 18:5 18:5 18:5 Age (yr) 39 ± 8.1 48 ± 8.1 57 ± 8.0 57 ± 7.2 Disease duration (yr) 10 ± 7 19 ± 7 27 ± 7 – MS subtype: RR/SP/PP (No.) 18/5/0 13/10/0 3/20/0 – Disease-modifying therapy (No.) (%) 13 (57%) 13 (57%) 5 (22%) – Gadolinium administrations (median) (range) 1 (0–3) 3 (2–10) 6 (3–12) 0 Dentate nucleus SII, middle cerebellar peduncle as a reference 1.01 ± 0.02 1.03 ± 0.03 1.06 ± 0.05 1.01 ± 0.03b Globus pallidus SII, thalamus as a reference 1.04 ± 0.05 1.06 ± 0.04 1.09 ± 0.06 1.10 ± 0.04c
Note:—PP indicates primary-progressive; RR, relapsing-remitting; SP, secondary-progressive.
↵a Values are reported as means, unless otherwise specified.
↵b The difference in SIIs between controls and patients with MS: unpaired t test (P < .001).
↵c The difference in SIIs between controls and patients with MS: unpaired t test (P =.19).