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. 2015 Oct-Dec;34(2-3):126–132.

Table 2.

Association of average pain intensity with demographic, clinical and behavioral factors in patients with DM1 and DM2.

Feature DM1 Univariate analysis (p) Multivariate analysis (beta, p) DM2 Univariate analysis (p) Multivariate analysis (beta, p)
Demographic and clinical
Females % 55.8 0.162 n.i. 68.2 0.016 +0.38, 0.002
Age at onset ** years, mean ± SD 25.3 ± 8.6 0.337 n.i. 37.4 ± 12.0 0.882 n.i.
Duration mean ± SD 19.9 ± 9.7 0.001 +0.47, 0.001 16.0 ± 13.4 0.017 +0.08, 0.548
Age ** years, mean ± SD 45.0 ± 10.7 0.194 n.i. 53.4 ± 11.1 0.006 +0.03, 0.847
MRC score mean ± SD 16.1 ± 2.6 0.017 -0.17, 0.389 17.0 ± 2.3 0.002 -0.12, 0.409
INQoL weakness mean ± SD 48.9 ± 36.8 0.049 +0.20, 0.129 60.6 ± 32.5 0.000 +0.58, 0.000
INQoL locking mean ± SD 44.1 ± 37.9 0.107 n.i. 42.3 ± 34.4 0.013 +0.18, 0.199
Active myotonia ** s, mean ± SD 5.9 ± 2.4 0.697 n.i. 1.8 ± 1.9 0.686 n.i.
Percussion myotonia ** s, mean ± SD 8.8 ± 2.4 0.282 n.i. 3.7 ± 7.9 0.408 n.i.
R2 adjusted 0.20 0.44
Behavioral
HamD score ** mean ± SD 13.3 ± 8.0 0.022 -0.01, 0.943 7.8 ± 8.0 0.001 +0.17, 0.211
INQoL emotions mean ± SD 29.2 ± 30.2 0.057 n.i. 32.3 ± 25.2 0.000 +0.62, 0.000
DSS mean ± SD 5.8 ± 2.9 0.076 n.i. 5.1 ± 2.8 0.462 n.i.
FSS mean ± SD 35.2 ± 13.0 0.003 +0.41, 0.003 38.2 ± 15.5 0.000 +0.32, 0.064
INQoL fatigue mean ± SD 41.9 ± 39.1 0.020 +0.18, 0.221 54.3 ± 33.8 0.000 +0.19, 0.305
R2 adjusted 0.15 0.37
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p<0.01 when compared patients with DM1 and DM2; n.s. non-significant; n.i. not included in the multivariate analysis since it was non-significant in univariate analysis