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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: Lower serotonin transporter binding in patients with cervical dystonia is associated with psychiatric symptoms

Characteristics

CD with jerks (n = 12)

CD without jerks (n = 11)

Controls (n = 14)

p value

Age, y, median (IQR)

62 (51.5–63.75)

54 (46–62)

61 (55–62)

0.27

Men, n (%)

6 (50%)

5 (45%)

7 (50%)

0.97

Tsui, median (IQR)

9 (7.5–13)

7.5 (5–14)

N/A

0.49

TWSTRS total, median (IQR)

16.5 (14.5–21)

14 (13.5–19)

N/A

0.28

UMRS, median (range)

12.5 (7–19)

1 (0.5–2)

N/A

< 0.001

Psychiatric disorders, n (%)

6 (50%)

8 (73%)

2 (14%)

0.01

Anxiety disorder, n (%)

4 (33%)

6 (55%)

1 (7%)

0.03

Depressive disorder, n (%)

2 (17%)

3 (27%)

0 (0%)

0.13

BDI, median (IQR)

4.5 (2.25–9.5)

5 (3–9)

1.5 (0–3)

0.007

MADRS, median (IQR)

2 (0–3.75)

4 (0–9)

0.5 (0–2)

0.03

LSAS, median (IQR)

10.5 (2–33.5)

17 (5–44)

4 (0.75–8.5)

0.03

BAI, median (IQR)

5.5 (3.25–12.25)

4 (1–12)

0.5 (0–1)

0.002

  1. p values are depicted for comparisons between the three groups in all cases except for Tsui, TWSTRS, and UMRS, where only the two groups of patients are compared
  2. BAI Beck Anxiety Inventory, BDI Beck Depression Inventory, CD cervical dystonia, IQR interquartile range, LSAS Leibowitz Social Anxiety Scale, MADRS Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale, TWSTRS Toronto Western Spasmodic Torticollis Rating Scale, UMRS Unified Myoclonic Rating Scale