Table 2.
Characteristics | SARA score | ICARS score | ||||
Coefficient | 95% CI | p Value | Coefficient | 95% CI | p Value | |
Rate difference, ya | 0.918 | 0.4848 to 1.3508 | <0.001 | 2.096 | 1.0044 to 3.1866 | <0.001 |
Baseline age, y | 0.150 | 0.0368 to 0.2628 | 0.010 | 0.374 | 0.1008 to 0.6473 | 0.008 |
Sex (male) | 1.228 | −0.5592 to 3.0158 | 0.177 | 2.902 | −1.4154 to 7.2194 | 0.186 |
Baseline duration, y | 0.519 | 0.2919 to 0.7454 | <0.001 | 1.296 | 0.7483 to 1.8432 | <0.001 |
Expanded CAG repeats | 0.365 | 0.0519 to 0.6783 | 0.023 | 0.757 | 0.0006 to 1.5132 | 0.0498 |
Duration at visit, y | 1.218 | 1.0108 to 1.4250 | <0.001 | 3.480 | 2.9585 to 4.0024 | <0.001 |
Abbreviations: CAG = cytosine-adenine-guanine; ICARS = International Cooperative Ataxia Rating Scale; SARA = Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia; SCA3 = spinocerebellar ataxias type 3; SCA3-SP = SCA3 patients with spastic paraplegia; SCA3-NSP = SCA3 patients with nonspastic paraplegia.
The difference in rate of change in SARA and ICARS scores in the respective models between SCA3-SP and SCA3-NSP, which is the predictor of concern in this model.