Table 1.

Demographic data of the participants

	Patient	Control	P value
Age (years)	48.5 ± 9.37	48.8 ± 11.3	0.89
Male:female	25/13	21/14	0.73
El Escorial criteria (probable/definite)	24/14	–	–
Limb/bulbar/both onset	30/7/1	–	–
Disease duration (months)	21.3 ± 18.0	–	–
ALSFRS‐R	31.2 ± 6.57	–	–
Disease progression rate	1.35 ± 1.26	–	–