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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 30.
Published in final edited form as: J Med Genet. 2008 Jan 30;45(5):290–297. doi: 10.1136/jmg.2007.054676

Table 5.

Measures of coordination stratified by age group

Measure and carrier status (no. of repeats) Age group (years)
OR (95 CI)* p Value
51–59 60–69 ≥70
Pronation/supination (fast) 1.42 (0.50–4.03) 0.51
 <70
  n 9 8 8
  % 66.7 62.5 37.5
  Mean (SD) 0.07 (0.03) 0.08 (0.04) 0.08 (0.02)
 70–199
  n 13 27 15
  % 46.1 55.6 86.7
  Mean (SD) 0.07 (0.04) 0.08 (0.02) 0.09 (0.02)
Grooved pegboard 3.14 (0.99–9.98) 0.05
 <70
  n 8 9 8
  % 12.5 22.2 37.5
  Mean (SD) 82.2 (13.8) 101.7 (27.8) 107.1 (19.6)
 70–199
  n 14 25 15
  % 14.3 48.0 66.7
  Mean (SD) 89.8 (14.1) 112.1 (31.0) 132.8 (30.2)

Data are sample size (n), percentage of patients who scored >2SD above the mean, and overall mean and SD of intensity measure.

*

Adjusted for age at testing.

Fisher exact test (comparing 2 repeat size groups within an age group) significant at p<0.05.

The t test (comparing noncarriers and carriers within an age group) significant at p<0.05.