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. 2018 Aug 30;9:735. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2018.00735

Table 1.

Demographic and clinical features of ALS patients.

N = 109
Age(years) 52.9 ± 10.1
Sex, n (%)
 Male 66 (60.6%)
 Female 43 (39.4%)
Duration of ALS symptoms (mo) 15.6 ± 9.7
Bulbar onset, n (%) 36 (33.0%)
ALSFRS-R score 40.2 ± 4.2
 ALSSS 10.3 ± 1.7
Poor sleeper, n (%) 68 (62.3%)
EDS, n (%) 17 (15.6%)
RBD, n (%) 11 (10.1%)
Anxiety, n (%) 29 (16.6%)
Depression, n (%) 43 (39.4%)
Riluzole, n (%) 44 (40.3%)

ALS, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; ALSFRS-R, revised ALS functional rating scale; ALSSS, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Severity Scale; EDS, excessive daytime sleepiness; RBD, REM sleep behavior disorder. Values of continuous variables are reported as mean value ± standard deviation and categorical variables are reported as number of cases and proportions.