Table 1.

Demographic characteristics between patients with MSA-C and control subjects

	MSA-C (n = 26)	Controls (n = 26)	p-value
Age at examination (yr)	57.3 (7.5)	60.4 (7.7)	NS
Gender (number of men)	20	11	0.01
Education durations (yrs)	12.1 (4.4)	12.1 (4.4)	NS
K-MMSE	27.2 (2.5)	28.9 (1.0)	0.003
CDR	0.5 (0.1)	0.4 (0.2)	NS
SOB	1.3 (0.8)	0.8 (0.6)	0.03
Age at onset (yr)	54.1 (7.9)
Disease duration (months)	34.4 (15.7)
Cognitive impairment duration (months)	7.7 (11.3)
UMSARS total	39.4 (6.6)
UMSARS I	19.2 (4.3)
UMSARS II	18.0 (4.2)
UMSARS IV	2.1 (0.7)

MSA-C: multiple system atrophy if cerebellar features are predominant, UMSARS: unified multiple system atrophy rating scale, Values are expressed as mean (standard deviation), NS: not significant. K-MMSE: Korea version-Mini mental state examination, CDR: clinical dementia rating scale, SOB: the sum of boxes score of the CDR