Table 1.

Patient characteristics.

		Healthy controls	Mutation carriers	NAS	HD	PD	ALS	p-value
Number		9	7	6	5	6	4
Specifications			4 XK; 3 VPS13A	4 XK; 2 VPS13A	CAG repeats in the HTT gene ≧ 40	sporadic PD cases	sporadic ALS cases
Age	Mean	54.6	64.9	51.1	65.7	69.6	63.3	0.14 (Kruskal-Wallis test)
	Min	38.4	45.4	33.6	54.1	46.2	50.1
	Max	77.0	80.4	70.0	75.1	81.2	72.7
	SD	14.8	12.6	13.2	9.3	12.1	11.0
Sex	Male	4	0	6	2	4	4	0.003 (Chi-square)
	Female	5	7	0	3	2	0

NAS, neuroacanthocytosis syndrome; HD, Huntington’s disease; PD, Parkonson’s disease; ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; CAG, codes for glutamine.