Demographic, anthropometric, biochemical and bone mineral density characteristics of MS patients and healthy controls.

Values are means (standard deviation).*Values are geometric means (standard deviation).Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; 25-OH vitamin D, 25-hydroxy vitamin D; hs-CRP, high sensitive C-reactive protein; RANKL, the receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB ligand; OPG, osteoprotegerin; MMP-9, matrix metalloproteinase 9; BMD, bone mineral density.