Healthy control

MS-Untreated

MS-Treated

MS Untreated vs Treated

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

p-value vs HC

Mean

SD

p-value vs HC

p-value

Cholesterol mmolL

4.8

0.8

4.8

1.0

1

4.9

0.7

1

1

Haemoglobin gL

137.8

11.9

130.8

34.3

1

134.4

8.1

1

1

WBC × 10⁹/L

5.9

1.3

6.7

1.4

0.27

4.8

1.2

0.079

0.003

Platelet × 10⁹/L

263.7

71.2

278.3

37.2

1

243.0

43.4

1

0.49

Haematocrit

0.41

0.03

0.42

0.04

1

0.41

0.02

1

0.889

RBC × 10¹²/L

4.65

0.39

4.68

0.53

1

4.59

0.35

1

1

MCV fL

88.8

4.4

90.0

2.0

1

88.1

4.0

1

0.744

Neutrophils × 10⁹/L

3.50

0.89

4.29

1.36

0.150

3.42

1.12

1

0.208

Lymphocyte × 10⁹/L

1.90

0.63

1.86

0.41

1

0.88

0.29

<0.001

<0.001

Monocyte × 10⁹/L

0.33

0.10

0.39

0.13

0.348

0.29

0.09

0.992

0.095

Eosinophils × 10⁹/L

0.15

0.08

0.16

0.09

1

0.16

0.10

1

1

Basophil × 10⁹/L

0.03

0.02

0.04

0.02

0.916

0.02

0.01

0.577

0.140

ESR mmHr

13.5

10.2

19.6

14.6

0.409

11.6

8.4

1

0.314

DHEA Sulphate umolL

4.0

2.1

4.2

3.9

1

4.3

4.2

1

1

ACTH ngL

16.8

7.2

16.3

9.7

1

19.4

12.6

1

1

Cortisol nmolL

365.8

134.9

295.3

89.7

0.429

388.8

162.8

1

0.314

Hs CRP

2.04

2.21

3.33

4.92

0.733

1.57

1.12

1

0.550

sodium

136.3

2.2

136.7

3.3

1

137.4

2.4

0.772

0.803

Potassium

4.1

0.4

4.2

0.4

1

4.0

0.2

0.803

0.756

chloride

102.5

2.0

100.8

3.0

0.134

103.2

2.5

1

0.068

Bicarbonate

26.4

2.0

28.0

1.8

0.080

26.5

2.1

1

0.255

AnionGap

7.5

1.9

7.9

1.6

1

7.8

1.8

1

1