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. 2020 Jul 7;10:13. doi: 10.5334/tohm.63

Table 1.

Demographic data and main subtypes of idiopathic cervical dystonia patients with (DHT+) and without (DHT–) dystonic head tremor.

DHT+ DHT– p value

Total number of patients 169 (57.6%) 124 (42.3%)
Age [Mean ± standard deviation (SD), Range] years 56.2 ± 13.11, 23–90 54.2 ± 12.61, 29–74 0.19
Sex (Male: M; Female: F) F: 120 (71.0 %) ; M: 49 (29.0 %) F: 77 (62.1 %); M: 47 (37.9 %)
Duration of illness (Mean ± SD, Range) in years 11.8 ± 8.69, 0.5–39 9.5 ± 8.91, 0.6–51 0.02
Number of subtypes
One subtype 35 (20.7%) 14 (11.2%) 0.03
Two subtypes 72 (42.6%) 49 (39.5%) 0.59
Three subtypes 37 (21.8%) 32 (25.8%) 0.43
Four subtypes 20 (11.8%) 21 (16.9%) 0.21
Five subtypes 05 (02.9%) 06 (04.8%) 0.40
Six subtypes 00 02 (01.6%)
Main subtype
Torticaput 97 (57.3%) 50 (40.3%) 0.01
Laterocaput 22 (13.0%) 25 (20.1%) 0.09
Laterocollis 18 (10.6%) 12 (9.6%) 0.78
Torticollis 12 (7.1%) 14(11.2%) 0.21
Retrocaput 7 (4.1%) 7 (5.6%) 0.55
lateral shift 5 (2.9%) 00 0.19
Retrocollis 4 (2.3%) 4 (3.2%) 0.65
Anterocollis 2 (1.1%) 6 (4.8%) 0.05
Anterocaput 1 (.05%) 4 (3.2%) 0.08
Anterior sagittal shift 1 (.05%) 1 (.05%) 0.82