Table 1.
Characteristics of LiCALS patients. Median time to death or last observation and percentage of death at last observation compared using different categories (gender, site of onset, family history and age of onset).
| n (%) | Median time to death or last observation in months (95% CI) | p-value | Death at last observation (%) | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | p = 0.19 | p = 0.13 | ||||
| Male | 151 (70) | 47.8 (39.0-56.6) | 61 (40) | |||
| Female | 66 (30) | 37.9 (32.0-43.9) | 34 (52) | |||
| Site of Onset | p = 0.24 | p = 0.60 | ||||
| Limb | 170 (78) | 40.1 (32.8-47.3) | 76 (45) | |||
| Bulbar | 47 (22) | 47.8 (–) | 19 (40) | |||
| Type | p = 0.91 | p = 0.60 | ||||
| Sporadic | 211 (97) | 43.6 (36.6-50.5) | 93 (44) | |||
| Familial | 6 (3) | – (–) | 2 (33) | |||
| Age | p = 0.01 | p = 0.02 | ||||
| 25-34 | 7 (3) | – (–) | 1 (14) | |||
| 35-44 | 16 (7) | – (–) | 4 (25) | |||
| 45-54 | 58 (27) | – (–) | 18 (31) | |||
| 55-64 | 75 (35) | 34.4 (29.0-39.7) | 41 (55) | |||
| 65-74 | 52 (24) | 37.9 (32.3-42.9) | 26 (50) | |||
| 75-84 | 9 (4) | 32.2 (20.0-44.3) | 5 (56) | |||
| Total | 217 (100) | 43.6 (36.6-50.5) | 95 (44) | |||
| Censor date was 30/06/2011 | ||||||