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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Nov 15.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Neurol. 2009 Oct;66(10):1274–1280. doi: 10.1001/archneurol.2009.218

Table 1.

Subject Characteristics

Patients With CBS (n=48) Healthy Controls (n=14) χ2 or t Value for Difference P Value
Sex, No. M/F 25/23 8/6 χ 2=0.001 .98
Age at onset, mean (SD), y 61 (9) NA NA NA
Age at testing, mean (SD), y 66 (9) 60 (6) t=2.44 .02
Handedness, No. R/L/ambidextrous 43/4/1 14/0/0 χ2=1.586 .45
Education, mean (SD), y 15 (3) 17 (4) t=1.99 .051
MDRS2 total raw score, mean (SD) (total possible, 144) 116 (24) 139 (3) t=3.65 .006a
Initial side of symptoms, No. L/R/unclear 25/21/2 NA NA NA
Side tested, No. L/R/both 33/13/2 NA NA NA

Abbreviations: CBS, corticobasal syndrome; L, left; MDRS2, Mattis Dementia Rating Scale 2; NA, not applicable; R, right.

a

Significant at a Bonferroni-corrected level of P < .05.