Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the clinically active and clinically non-active treatment-naïve patients

N

12

19

-

Age (years), mean ± SD

34 ± 9.4

39 ± 8

0.16

Sex (Female/Male), n(%)

8(67)/4(33)

11(58)/8(42)

0.91

BMI (kg/m²), mean ± SD

22 ± 2.3

24 ± 2.7

0.029

Smoking (Never/Previous/Current), n(%)

5(42)/3(25)/4(33)

4(21)/8(42)/7(37)

0.43

Fecal water content (%), mean ± SD

67 ± 12

71 ± 10

0.16

EDSS (baseline), mean ± SD

2.1 ± 1

1.5 ± 1.4

0.17

MSSS (baseline), mean ± SD

5 ± 2.1

3.6 ± 2.8

0.092

EDSS (follow-up), mean ± SD

2.2 ± 1.5

1.8 ± 1.8

0.36

MSSS (follow-up), mean ± SD

4 ± 2.1

3.3 ± 3

0.41

Number of relapses during follow-up, mean ± SD

1.8 ± 1

0 ± 0

1.3e-07