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. 2006 Oct 6;78(2):127–133. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.2006.098368

Table 1 Demographic and clinical data for controls and patients with Huntington's disease.

Controls Patients with HD
Male/female 15/2 19/1
Age (years) 49.7 (7.3) 47.9 (7.7)
UHDRS 23.1 (13.7)
Duration of illness (years) 5.4 (3.6)
CAG repeats 43.4 (3.4)
CAG index 363 (136)
MMSE 29.2 (1.3) 27.1 (2.4)
IQ 119 (6.1) 115.5 (6.1)
BDI 1.5 (1.7) 6.9 (6.9)

–, test not administered; BDI, Beck Depression Inventory score (maximum score 63, normal range 0–9); CAG, cytosine–adenine–guanine; HD, Huntington's disease; IQ, estimated full‐scale IQ calculated from National Adult Reading Test error score; MMSE, Mini‐Mental State Examination score (maximum score 30); UHDRS, motor subscale score from the Unified Huntington's Disease Rating Scale.

Values are mean (SD).