TABLE 1.

Demographics and clinical characteristics of the subjects.

Characteristics	DM1 (n = 16)	HC (n = 18)	p value
Age (y)	48.44 ± 14.14	41.50 ± 10.67	0.114
Gender (M/F)	10/6	9/9	0.510
Education (y)	13.00 ± 3.16	14.56 ± 2.53	0.121
Disease duration (y)	6.19 ± 4.82	—	—
MMSE	27.06 ± 1.84	29.17 ± 0.92	<0.001
HAMD-17	6.00 ± 4.23	2.06 ± 0.80	<0.001

Abbreviations: DM1, myotonic dystrophy type 1; HC, healthy control; MMSE, Mini-Mental State Examination; HAMD-17, Hamilton Depression Scale-17.