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. 2021 Jul 29;142(4):707–728. doi: 10.1007/s00401-021-02350-y

Table 3.

Demographic findings in the gCJD and FFI groups and comparison with sCJD subtypes

Age at onset (years) Disease duration (months)
n F, % Genetic Sporadic p Genetic Sporadic p
129M-type 1 MM(V)1 MM(V)1
 Overall 141 44.7 64.3±10.4a,b 69.2±9.2 < 0.0001 7.5 ± 16.8c-e 4.1±3.8 0.0318
 E200K 58 44.8 62.1±9.4g,k,l <0.0001 4.5±2.7h,m,n ns
 V210I 51 37.3 64.6±9.7h 0.0392 3.8±3.3h ns
 3/4-OPRI 6 33.3 65.0±3.9g ns 8.6±4.6h ns
 5/6-OPRI 6 50.0 45.8±7.9i,o <0.0001 65.7±54.3i,p <0.0001
 Others A§ 20 65.0 68.3±11.3 ns 7.4±8.2 ns
129V-type 2 VV2/MV2K VV2/MV2K
 Overall 17 76.5 63.5±8.2f 64.5±11.9 ns 9.0±6.6 9.8±8.3 ns
 E200K 5 80.0 58.8±8.0 ns 7.0±3.8  " ns
 5/6-OPRI 9 88.9 65.0±8.9 ns 8.3±4.8  " ns
 Others B 3 33.3 66.7±4.0 ns 19.3±11.7  " ns
129V-type 1 VV1 VV1
 Overall 19 47.4 51.2±11.3 42.0±10.2 ns 17.4±9.6 18.4±3.4 ns
 D178N 13 53.8 45.7±6.2j,q ns 20.2±10.1 ns
 T188R 6 33.3 64.4±9.9 0.0009 10.8±2.7 ns
129M-type 2T (FFI) MM2T MM2T
 D178N 13 46.1 54.4±8.9 42.0±10.3 0.0155 16.2±9.2 18.2±5.1 ns
129M-type 2C MM2C MM2C
 Overall 5 60.0 62.4±7.1 61.5±16.4 ns 30.4±37.6 17.9±8.5 ns
 E200K 4 50.0 61.7±8.1 ns 14.0±9.4 ns
 5-OPRI 1 100 65 96
129M-type “i”
 E200K 8 50.0 60.1±7.0 16.5±15.1
Atypical
 T183A-129M 2 0.0 40.5±0.7 78.0±42.4
 5/6-OPRI-129V 3 100 58.7±10.4 11.7±0.6

The names of histo-molecular groups in both genetic and sporadic CJD are in bold

§Others A includes: R208H, n = 7; V203I, n = 3; E196A/K, n = 6; T188K, n = 1; R148H, n = 1; D211Q, n = 2

Others B includes R208H, n = 1; E196K, n = 1; T188A, n = 1. The 3/4-OPRI group includes both 3-OPRI and 4-OPRI, 5/6-OPRI includes both 5-OPRI and 6-OPRI cases

afStatistically significant comparisons between genetic groups (overall data): avs. 129V-type 1, p ≤ 0.001. bvs. FFI, p ≤ 0.05. cvs. 129V-type 1, p ≤ 0.0001. dvs. FFI, p ≤ 0.0001. evs. 129M-type “i” p ≤ 0.01. fvs. 129V-type 1, p ≤ 0.05

g−jStatistically significant comparisons between PRPN mutations within each genetic group: gvs. 129M-type 1 5/6-OPRI, p ≤ 0.01. hCompared to 129M-type 1 5/6-OPRI, p ≤ 0.0001. iCompared to 129M-type 1 Others A, p ≤ 0.0001. jCompared to 129V-type 1 T188R, p ≤ 0.001

k−qStatistically significant comparisons between carriers of the same PRNP mutation belonging to different groups: kvs. 129M-type 2C E200K, p ≤ 0.001. lvs. 129M-type “i” E200K, p ≤ 0.001. mvs. 129M-type 2C E200K, p ≤ 0.01. nvs. 129M-type “i” E200K, p ≤ 0.01. ovs. 129V-type 2 5/6-OPRI, p ≤ 0.01. pvs. 129V-type 2 5/6-OPRI, p ≤ 0.05, qvs. FFI, p ≤ 0.01