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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2012 May 25;18(8):936–940. doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2012.04.027

Table 1.

Patient Demographics

Characteristics Botulinum toxin use CAM-I use All patients
No Yes p value No Yes p value Total
Population, n (%) 40 (10) 349 (90) NA 181 (47) 208 (53) NA 389
Age, years
 Mean SD 61±14.3 59.9±11.8 0.5632a 61.1 ±12.9 59 ±11.3 0.0821a 60.0 ±12.1
Gender, n (%) 0.9190b 0.4515b
 Male 9 (2.3) 81 (20.8) NA 45 (11.6) 45 (11.6) NA 90 (23.1)
 Female 31 (8.0) 268 (68.9) NA 136 (35.0) 163 (41.9) NA 299 (76.9)
Education, n (%) 33 296 0.9628c 190 139 0.0002c 329
 <HS diploma 0 6 (1.8) 0.9768c 4 (1.2) 2 (0.6) 0.2842c 6 (1.8)
 High school/GED 5 (1.5) 38 (11.6) 0.9537c 29 (8.8) 14 (4.3) 0.0087c 43 (13.1)
 Some college 8 (2.4) 57 (17.4) 0.9527c 34 (10.4) 31 (9.4) 0.4139c 65 (19.8)
 Associate’s degree 5 (1.5) 30 (9.1) 0.9501c 15 (4.5) 20 (6.1) 0.6402c 35 (10.6)
 Bachelor’s degree 7 (2.1) 72 (21.9) 0.9584c 17 (5.2) 62 (18.8) <.0001c 79 (24.0)
 Some graduate 0 10 (3.0) 0.9703c 5 (1.5) 5 (1.5) 0.8212c 10 (3.0)
 Master’s degree 7 (2.2) 60 (18.2) 0.9556c 26 (7.9) 41 (12.5) 0.2320c 67 (20.4)
 Professional degree 1 (0.3) 23 (7.0) NA 9 (2.7) 15 (4.6) NA 24 (7.3)
Anatomical regions, n (%) 40 349 0.6332d 181 208 0.8138d 389
 One 31 (8.0) 275 (70.9) NA 141 (36.3) 165 (42.6) NA 306 (78.9)
 Two 5 (1.2) 47 (12.0) NA 25 (6.4) 27 (6.8) NA 52 (13.2)
 Three 4 1(.0) 21 (5.4) NA 11 (2.8) 14 (3.6) NA 25 (6.4)
 Four 0 6 (1.5) NA 4 (1.0) 2 (0.5) NA 6 (1.5)
Type of dystonia 389
 Eyes/upper face 2 (0.5) 35 (9.0) NA 25 (6.4) 12 (3.1) NA 37 (9.5)
 Neck 11 (2.8) 90 (23.2) NA 35 (9.0) 66 (17.0) NA 101 (26.0)
 Larynx 10 (2.6) 135 (34.7) NA 63 (16.2) 82 (21.1) NA 145 (37.3)
 Segmental craniocervical 7 (1.8) 72 (18.5) NA 43 (11.0) 36 (9.3) NA 79 (20.3)
 Hand-forearm 7 (1.8) 9 (2.3) NA 11 (2.8) 5 (1.3) NA 16 (4.1)
 Other segmental 1 (0.2) 0 NA 0 1 (0.2) NA 1 (0.2)
 Other dystonia 2 (0.5) 8 (2.1) NA 4 (1.0) 6 (1.6) NA 10 (2.6)
a

t test.

b

Chi-squared test.

c

Logistic regression comparing use by those with professional degrees versus other education levels.

d

Fisher’s exact test. Abbreviations: SD, standard deviation; HS, high school; GED, general education degree; NA, not applicable.

Bold = p <.05.