Table 1. .

Characteristics of Tested Subjects

	Findings by Group
Characteristics	Amusic	Control
Probands:
No. of probands	13	17
Male/female	6/7	5/12
Mean age in years (range)	59 (34–69)	56 (46–69)
Mean no. of years of education (range)	17.6 (15–22)	15 (12–22)
MBEAa (range)	63% (51%–74%)	88% (81%–94%)
Siblings of probands:
No. of families	7	10
No. of tested siblings	21	22
Male/female	5/16	10/12
Mean age in years (range)	57 (44–68)	56 (39–71)
Mean no. of years of education (range)	14 (11–18)	14 (11–18)
Offspring of probands:
No. of families	9	10
No. of tested offspring	37	36
Male/female	20/17	20/16
Mean age in years (range)	31 (17–41)	28 (16–44)
Mean no. of years of education (range)	14 (11–21)	15 (11–21)

^aGlobal score obtained on the MBEA.¹²