Table 2.
Descriptive statistics, mean (SD), for EIM measures, Phase (Ph), Reactance (X), and Resistance (R) for healthy controls and participants with ALS by gender and age.
| Variables | Controls (n=21) | ALS (n=19) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Ph (°) | Xc (Ω) | R (Ω) | n | Ph (°) | Xc (Ω) | R (Ω) | ||
| Gender | M | 9 | 13.92 (1.88) | 8.39 (1.99) | 33.94 (4.07) | 11 | 11.01 (3.24) | 7.64 (2.34) | 40.36 (10.94) |
| W | 12 | 13.05 (1.78) | 8.39 (1.35) | 35.07 (5.76) | 8 | 10.24 (4.52) | 7.86 (6.03) | 43.58 (12.98) | |
| Age | >60 | 13 | 13.79 (2.19) | 8.75 (1.91) | 35.73 (5.55) | 19 | 10.68 (3.74) | 7.74 (4.14) | 41.72 (11.60) |
| <30 | 8 | 12.88 (0.91) | 7.81 (0.74) | 32.72 (3.57) | - | - | - | - | |