Table 1.
Study participants: controls and patients with CD.
| controls |
Patients with CD |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (yrs)/gender | Handedness | MMSE | Age (yrs)/gender | Handedness | MMSE | Disease duration (yrs) | |
| 1 | 34/M | R | 30 | 54/F | L | 30 | 3 |
| 2 | 55/M | R | 30 | 48/M | L | 30 | 18 |
| 3 | 56/M | R | 30 | 47/M | R | 30 | 13 |
| 4 | 56/M | R | 30 | 68/F | R | 29 | 21 |
| 5 | 58/F | R | 30 | 65/M | R | 30 | 9 |
| 6 | 61/F | L | 30 | 68/F | R | 29 | 6 |
| 7 | 61/M | R | 30 | 67/F | R | 28 | 11 |
| 8 | 63/F | R | 30 | 67/F | R | 30 | 16 |
| 9 | 63/M | L | 30 | 66/F | R | 30 | 7 |
| 10 | 68/F | R | 30 | 60/M | R | 30 | 15 |
| 11 | 70/F | R | 30 | 70/F | R | 28 | 17 |
| 12 | 70/F | R | 30 | 62/M | R | 30 | 12 |
| 13 | 71/F | R | 30 | 45/M | R | 30 | 8 |
| 14 | 71/M | R | 28 | 70/M | R | 30 | 9 |
| 15 | 73/M | R | 29 | 55/F | R | 29 | 4 |
| 16 | 74/F | R | 30 | 66/M | R | 30 | 13 |
| 17 | 75/M | R | 30 | 64/F | R | 30 | 16 |
| Mean ± std | 63.5 ± 10.5, 8 F/9 M | 15 R/2 L | 61.3 ± 8.3,9 F/8 M | 15 R/2 L | 11.6 ± 5.15 | ||
Seventeen patients with cervical dystonia (CD, mean age ± SD = 61.3 ± 10.5 years; nine females) and 17 age-matched controls (mean age ± SD = 63.5 ± 10.5 years; 8 female) participated in this study. MMSE: Mini-Mental Statu Examination.