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. 2020 Sep 4;11:991. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2020.00991

Table 1.

Characteristics of cervical dystonia cohort by sex and history of mood disorder.

Groups (N) All (201) Women (136) Men (65) History of mood disorder (79) No h/o mood disorder (122)
CURRENT AGE (Y)
Mean (SD) 61.5 (12.7) 62.9 (12.2) 58.5 (13.3) 59.7 (12.4) 62.6 (12.8)
Median (range) 62 (31–90) 63 (33–90) 60 (31–86) 62 (33–90) 63 (31–90)
(ns) (ns)
AGE AT CD ONSET (Y)
Mean (SD) 43.6 (12.84) 45.5 (12.8) 39.7 (12.1) 41.2 (12.0) 45.1 (13.2)
Median (range) 44 (20–79) 45 (20–79) 39 (20–65) 41 (20–66) 45 (20–79)
(p = 0.006) (p = 0.039)
DURATION OF CD (Y)
Mean (SD) 17.9 (11.97) 17.4 (12.1) 18.8 (11.7) 18.5 (13.1) 17.5 (11.3)
Median (range) 16 (0.16-60) 15 (0.16–60) 17 (2–49) 18 (0.16–60) 16 (1.5–59)
(ns) (ns)
TWSTRS-2 TOTAL
Mean (SD) 30.4 (14.4) 32 (15) 27 (12) 33.6 (15) 28.7 (13.9)
Median (IQR) 30 (19, 40) 31 (20,43) 26 (21,34) 34 (21, 46) 29 (19, 37.3)
(p = 0.043) (p = 0.03)
TWSTRS-2 PAIN
Mean (SD) 13.6 (9.7) 14 (10) 12 (8.7) 14.9 (9.8) 12.8 (9.5)
Median (IQR) 14 (5, 20) 15 (5.3, 22) 13 (5.0, 18) 15 (8, 22) 14 (4, 19)
(p = 0.111) (p = 0.15)
TWSTRS-2 SEVERITY
Mean (SD) 10.4 (4.6) 11 (4.5) 9.8 (5.0) 10.8 (4.8) 10.1 (4.5)
Median (IQR) 11 (7, 13) 11 (8, 13) 10 (6, 12) 10 (7, 14) 11 (7, 13)
(p = 0.16) (p = 0.65)
TWSTRS-2 DISABILITY
Mean (SD) 6.5 (4.9) 6.9 (4.9) 5.8 (5.1) 7.7 (5.1) 5.8 (4.8)
Median (IQR) 6 (2, 10) 6.0 (3, 9.5) 5.0 (2, 9.5) 7 (4, 11) 5 (2, 9)
(p = 0.114) (p = 0.0067)
BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY
Mean (SD) 11 (11) 12 (11) 9.6 (11) 16.8 (13.1) 7.1 (7.1)
Median (IQR) 7 (3, 16) 8 (4, 17) 6.0 (2, 14) 13 (8, 26) 5 (2, 9.3)
(p = 0.07) (p< 0.0001)
BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY
Mean (SD) 11.6 (10.4) 12 (10) 10 (10) 17 (11.6) 7.9 (7.6)
Median (IQR) 9.0 (3, 18) 11 (4, 19) 7.0 (3, 16) 16 (8, 24) 6 (2, 12)
(p = 0.09) (p< 0.0001)
UTILITY INDEX
Mean 0.712 0.6873 0.7628 0.620 0.771
(SD) 0.259 (0.2708) (0.2265) (0.287) (0.221)
Median 0.789 0.755 0.820 0.681 0.827
IQR 0.611, 0.902 0.586, 0.871 0.661, 0.932 0.435, 0.852 0.676, 0.932
(p = 0.037) (p< 0.0001)
CDIP-58
Mean (SD) 32.4 (21.9) 35 (23) 26 (18) 38.5 (22.2) 28.6 (22.2)
Median (IQR) 31 (14, 47) 35 (17, 49) 23 (12, 38) 37 (21, 51) 24 (11.8, 44)
(p = 0.0088) (p = 0.002)

Study population characteristics: Demographic characteristics, disease impact and Quality of Life in all (a): 201 cervical dystonia patients, divided (b): by sex (136 women and 65 men) and (c): by a reported history of mood disorder (79 with and 122 without). Measures of dystonia impact by TWSTRS-2 Total, Pain, Severity, Disability, with measures of anxiety (Beck Anxiety Inventory), depression (Beck Depression Inventory) and quality of life (by the Utility Index and CDIP-58). Significant group differences are in bold. Women reported significantly worse TWSTRS-2 Total scores and worse quality of life. Patients with a history of mood disorder, at any time, had ongoing more severe TWSTRS-2 Total and Disability, ongoing more severe depression, anxiety and worse quality of life (TWSTRS, Toronto Western Spasmodic Torticollis Rating Scale; CDIP-58, Cervical Dystonia Impact Profile−58).