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. 2018 Nov 30;6(2):132–138. doi: 10.1002/mdc3.12706

Table 2.

Risperidone compared to TBZ

Results of Propensity Score Matched Analysis
Direction of favorable Δ TBZ Group Risperidone Group P‐value
N 72 72
Primary Outcome Measure
Annual rate of Δ of TMS 5.70 ± 10.92 1.47 ± 10.49 0.019
Secondary Outcome Measures
Absolute Δ of TMS 6.29 ± 11.95 1.29 ± 10.57 0.009
Percent Δ of TMS 20.86 ± 40.86 8.26 ± 33.94 0.046
Annualized percent Δ of TMS 19.05 ± 38.25 8.97 ± 35.34 0.103
Annual rate of Δ of total chorea score −0.02 ± 5.09 −0.20 ± 4.73 0.826
Annual rate of Δ of TFC + −0.70 ± 1.89 −0.47 ± 1.80 0.454
Annual rate of Δ of weight (kg) + −1.08 ± 7.03 −1.12 ± 6.55 0.972
Annual rate of Δ of BMI (kg/m2) + −0.34 ± 2.38 −0.34 ± 2.40 0.998
Exploratory Outcome Measures
% with annual rate of Δ of TMS ≤ −3.3 + 16.7% 33.3% .023
Results of Sub‐Analysis
Direction of favorable Δ TBZ Group Risperidone Group p‐value
N 18 11
Primary Outcome Measure
Annual rate of Δ of TMS 3.58 ± 8.28 0.40 ± 10.56 0.374
Secondary Outcome Measures
Absolute Δ of TMS 3.56 ± 9.60 0.36 ± 8.62 0.375
Percent Δ of TMS 16.89 ± 30.38 −4.58 ± 26.12 0.063
Annualized percent Δ of TMS 17.58 ± 29.96 −5.23 ± 26.89 0.048
Annual rate of Δ of total chorea score −0.76 ± 0.3.98 −0.34 ± 4.07 0.788
Annual rate of Δ of TFC + −0.33 ± 1.82 0.37 ± 1.15 0.263
Annual rate of Δ of weight (kg) + 0.72 ± 4.54 5.45 ± 14.45 0.204
Annual rate of Δ of BMI (kg/m2) + 0.31 ± 1.63 1.89 ± 4.91 0.215
Exploratory Outcome Measures
% with annual rate of Δ of TMS ≤ −3.3 + 11.1% 45.5% .049

Abbreviations: BMI, baseline body mass index; TBZ, tetrabenazine; TFC, total functional capacity score; TMS, total motor score.

All results that are not percentages represent mean ± standard deviation.