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. 2021 Mar 11;268(9):3390–3399. doi: 10.1007/s00415-021-10510-z

Table 2.

Video-oculographic parameters of mutation carriers and healthy controls

ALS gene carriers healthy controls pa C9orf72 carriers SOD1 carriers ANOVA pb
Anti-saccades error ratec/% 21, (13–41), 0–100 15, (6–30),0–63 0.0091 24, (12–49), 4–100# 19, (12–36), 0–87 0.0254
Delayed saccades errror rated/% 12, (5–18), 0–91 4, (2–11), 0–21 0.0013 9, (5–19), 0–91# 14, (6–16), 0–68# 0.0035
Number of voluntary gaze shiftse 55, (42–64), 14–114 56, (50–64), 40–98 0.116 55, (46–61), 21–114 51, (42–68), 14–87 0.2861
Intrusion ratef/°/s 3.7, (2,6–6,3), 1.7–14.9 2.9, (2.2–4.5), 1.0–8.7 0.0039 4.9, (2.8–7.2), 1.7–14.9# 3.1, (2.6–5.6), 2.4–11.7 0.0008
SPEM gain/% 90, (76–95), 15–100 91, (77–97), 22–111 0.8196 93, (71–96), 31–100 90, (81–95), 15–100 0.8316
VGRS (horiz.) gaing/% 89, (84–91), 69–95 89, (86–93), 69–97 0.1871 86, (83–90), 69–95# 91, (89–92), 80–94 0.0652
VGRS (down) gaing/% 93, (89–97), 81–112 91, (86–96), 76–110 0.1999 90, (88–97), 81–104 94, (91–97), 81–112 0.4842
VGRS (up) gaing/% 75, (66–84), 52–92 80, (77–84), 62–96 0.0220 71, (65–83), 52–92# 76, (72–85), 57–92 0.0070
VGRS (horiz.) velocityh/°/s 420, (393–471), 349–574 432, (401–464), 245–536 0.6556 440, (398–474), 354–574 415, (394–455), 379–524 0.8144
VGRS (down) velocityh/°/s 391, (329–444), 254–579 393, (349–437), 227–538 0.4159 363, (310–454), 254–579 391, (332–421), 276–462 0.5936
VGRS (up) velocityh/°/s 434, (376–474), 309–551 432, (405–487), 216–599 0.5730 445, (393–502), 309–550 422, (369–462) 310–529 0.5611
VGRS (horiz.) latencyi/ms 219, (208–236), 178–304 216, (202–236), 183–413 0.7048 216, (203–235), 178–304 225, (207–239), 190–255 0.9268
VGRS (vert.) latencyi/ms 230, (213–252), 189–355 237, (215–253), 193–371 0.8748 231, (211–252), 189–307 226, (220–252), 193–287 0.8816

Data are presented as median (interquartile range), minimum–maximum. Bold values indicate significance at p < 0.05. Post hoc statistical comparisons for C9orf72 carriers vs. healthy controls and SOD1 carriers vs. healthy controls which reached statistical significance are indicated as #

aMann–Whitney U test between healthy controls and ALS gene carriers

bKruskal–Wallis analysis of variances of ranks (ANOVA) between healthy controls, subjects with C9orf72 mutation and SOD1 mutation

cErroneous responses (pro-saccades)

dErroneous responses (saccades before cue)

eSaccades > 10° counted within 30 s

fSaccadic intrusions > 2° excluding the primary saccade, computed as the sum of saccades within VGRS acquisition time

gGain of VGRS aimed at targets of 20° eccentricity obtained by linear fitting saccade amplitudes as a function of target steps

hPeak eye velocity of VGRS aimed at targets of 20° eccentricity obtained by non-linear interpolation along the main sequence

iLatencies of VGRS with respect to primary saccade onset