Table 3.
Prevalence rates of individual neurological soft signs items
| Item | Male (N = 86) |
Female (N = 94) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | chi-square | Fisher's Exact p | |
| Finger-thumb tapping L | 1 | 1.16% | 2 | 2.13% | 0.255 | 1.000 |
| Finger-thumb tapping R | 1 | 1.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 1.099 | 0.478 |
| Finger-thumb opposition L | 13 | 15.12% | 21 | 22.34% | 1.530 | 0.255 |
| Finger-thumb opposition R | 19 | 22.09% | 19 | 20.21% | 0.095 | 0.855 |
| Mirror 1 L | 14 | 16.28% | 20 | 21.28% | 0.732 | 0.448 |
| Mirror 1 R | 21 | 24.42% | 19 | 20.21% | 0.460 | 0.591 |
| Diadochokinesia L | 10 | 11.63% | 8 | 8.51% | 0.485 | 0.620 |
| Diadochokinesia R | 9 | 10.47% | 4 | 4.26% | 2.585 | 0.150 |
| Mirror 2 L | 8 | 9.30% | 15 | 15.96% | 1.785 | 0.264 |
| Mirror 2 R | 3 | 3.49% | 10 | 10.64% | 3.426 | 0.085 |
| Fist-edge palm L | 45 | 52.33% | 46 | 48.94% | 0.206 | 0.658 |
| Fist-edge palm R | 34 | 39.53% | 41 | 43.62% | 0.308 | 0.650 |
| Oszeretsky test | 40 | 46.51% | 45 | 47.87% | 0.033 | 0.882 |
| Extinction | 2 | 2.33% | 5 | 5.32% | 1.077 | 0.447 |
| Finger Agnosia L | 45 | 52.33% | 54 | 57.45% | 0.476 | 0.549 |
| Finger Agnosia R | 33 | 38.37% | 43 | 45.74% | 1.001 | 0.366 |
| Stereognosia L | 7 | 8.14% | 4 | 4.26% | 1.181 | 0.365 |
| Stereognosia R | 3 | 3.49% | 6 | 6.38% | 0.792 | 0.051 |
| Graphesthesia L | 18 | 20.93% | 30 | 31.91% | 2.771 | 0.129 |
| Graphesthesia R | 26 | 30.23% | 43 | 45.74% | 4.572 | 0.046 |
| L-R Orientation | 25 | 29.07% | 27 | 28.72% | 0.003 | 1.000 |
| Saccade BLK | 5 | 5.81% | 9 | 9.57% | 0.885 | 0.412 |
| Saccade Head | 36 | 41.86% | 31 | 32.98% | 1.516 | 0.280 |
| Wink | 30 | 34.88% | 41 | 43.62% | 1.434 | 0.285 |
| Go/No-Go | 28 | 32.56% | 44 | 46.81% | 3.800 | 0.067 |