Table 1.
Clinical profiles.
| Normal |
CIDP |
SBMA |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 16) | (n = 17) | (n = 14) | ||
| Age (years) | 48 (2.7) | 56 (4.7) | 61 (2.8) * | |
| Gender (male: female) | 11: 5 | 14: 3 | 14: 0 * | |
| Disease duration (months) | N.A. | 33 (5–105) | 148 (116–192) | |
| Motor function | ||||
| Grip strength (kg) (sum of both sides) | 78 (5.6) | 56 (6.3) ** | 33 (3.7) *** | |
| 9 hole peg (sec) (sum of both sides) | 45 (2.3) | 61 (5.5) * | 62 (2.8) ** | |
| 6 min walk (m) | 602 (20) | 409 (36) ** | 305 (37) *** | |
| MRC sum score | 60 (0) | 58 (0.97) | 52 (0.80) *** | |
| Fatigue scale for motor and cognitive functions | ||||
| sum score | 45 (3.7) | 54 (3.6) | 59 (3.7) * | |
| motor score | 23 (1.9) | 31 (2.2) * | 37 (2.1) *** | |
| cognitive score | 23 (2.0) | 23 (2.1) | 23 (2.0) | |
CIDP, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy; SBMA, spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy; MRC sum score, medical research council sum score in the 12 muscles (0–60); NA, not applicable; Data are given as mean (SEM) or median (IQR). *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.0001; compared with normal.