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. 2013 Apr 2;5:12. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2013.00012

Table 4.

Group comparisons between clusters.

Variables Control (n = 194) Cluster 1 (n = 21) Cluster 2 (n = 32) Cluster 3 (n = 15) ANOVA p-value Pair-wise comparisons (alpha 0.01)
Age (mean ± SD) 46.75 ± 11.13 45.70 ± 9.32 47.26 ± 9.97 44.70 ± 7.70 0.85
CAG (mean ± SD) 20.12 ± 3.45 43.58 ± 2.59 43.22 ± 3.66 42.73 ± 2.09 <0.001 Control < C1, C2, C3
UHDRS
Total motor
      (mean ± SD) 2.75 ± 3.08 16.52 ± 5.60 9.56 ± 6.03 11.86 ± 6.78 <0.001 Control < C2, C3 < C1
Motor domains
      Oculo (mean ± SD) 0.65 ± 1.23 4.52 ± 2.36 2.34 ± 2.89 3.57 ± 3.06 <0.001 Control < C2 < C1; Control < C3
      Brady (mean ± SD) 1.44 ± 1.91 6.67 ± 3.12 4.03 ± 3.10 3.79 ± 2.81 <0.001 Control < C2, C3 < C1
      Rigidity (mean ± SD) 0.31 ± 0.68 0.67 ± 1.15 0.53 ± 0.72 0.92 ± 1.07 0.004 Control < C3
      Dystonia (mean ± SD) 0.06 ± 0.34 1.05 ± 1.56 0.38 ± 0.87 0.43 ± 0.76 <0.001 Control < C2 < C1; C3 < C1
      Chorea (mean ± SD) 0.29 ± 0.69 3.62 ± 2.52 2.28 ± 2.05 3.14 ± 2.28 <0.001 Control < C1, C3; C2 < C1
Cognition (mean ± SD) 341.4 ± 47.4 224.0 ± 25.7 303.8 ± 19.4 361.8 ± 22.6 <0.001 C1 < C2 < Control, C3
Behavior (mean ± SD) 5.69 ± 9.29 12.65 ± 18.63 20.25 ± 21.28 7.47 ± 10.05 <0.001 Control, C3 < C2

Cluster 1, predominantly cognitive; Cluster 2, predominantly behavioral; Cluster 3, cognitively preserved.