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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Aug 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurol Sci. 2022 Jun 10;439:120319. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2022.120319

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics for subjects studied.

Exam Checklist Showing Upper Face Only (N=146) GDRS Scores Non-Zero for Upper Face only (N=161) Diagnosis = Focal Dystonia, Upper Face (N=214)
Gender
 Females 96 (65.6%) 112 (70.0%) 144 (67.3%)
 Males 50 (34.2%) 49 (30.0%) 70 (32.7%)
Age
 At recruitment 59±0.8 (36–86) 59±1.0 (36–87) 59.0±1.0 (28–87)
 At dystonia onset 56.0±2.2 (3–82) 56.0±2.6 (3–82) 56±2.6 (3–82)
Duration of illness 11.3±9.1 (0–60) 11.2±9.4 (0–60) 11.7±10.3 (0–61)
Race
 White 128 (88.9) 142 (88.2%) 190(88.8%)
 Black 8 (5.6%) 8 (5.0%) 9 (4.2%)
 Asian 3 (2.1%) 5 (3.1%) 5 (2.3%)
 Other 4 (2.8%) 5 (3.1%) 9 (4.2%)
 Unknown 1 (0.7%) 1 (0.6%) 1 (0.5%)

Among 3222 total subjects with isolated dystonia, 3 different sources of information suggested different numbers of participants with isolated focal blepharospasm (exam=146, GDRS=161, diagnosis=214). Age, age of onset, and disease duration are reported as mean ± SD (range).