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Table 2 The clinical phenotype comparison between different clinical subgroup

From: Genotype–phenotype correlation and natural history analyses in a Chinese cohort with pelizaeus–merzbacher disease

 

Connatal group (n = 28)

Transitional group (n = 56)

Classic group (n = 27)

p value

Disease onset

    

Nystagmus, n (%)

28 (100)

56(100)

26(96.3)

0.208

Onset age (range)

0.85 m (0, 12)

1 (0, 24)

2 m (0, 16)b

0.016*

Hypotonia, n (%)

18 (64.3)a

50 (89.3)

25 (92.6)b

0.005*

Onset age (range)

6.5 m (2. 18)

8 m (3, 26)

7 m (2, 18)

0.381

Disease progression

    

Nystagmus decrease

13 (46.4)

32 (57.1)

19 (73.1)

0.136

Decrease age (range)

12 m (4, 96)

26 m (8, 79)

24 m (7, 260)

0.291

Stridor

15 (53.6)a

15 (26.8)

5 (18.5)b

0.011*

Motor milestone

    

Head control, n (%)

12 (42.9)

48 (85.7)

27 (100)

< 0.001*

Acquire age (range)

11 m (4, 71)

10 (3, 60)c

5 (3, 18)b

< 0.001*

Sit, n (%)

4 (14.3)

14 (25)c

26 (88.9)b

< 0.001*

Acquire age (range)

47 (7, 96)

33 (8, 86)c

12 (6, 84)

0.027*

Stand, n (%)

1 (3.6)

4 (7.1)

5 (18.5)

0.121

Acquire age (range)

13 (13, 13)

41 (26, 48)

36 (16, 84)

0.273

Walk, n (%)

1 (3.6)

2 (3.6)

2 (7.4)

0.705

Acquire age (range)

15 (15, 15)

38.5 (29, 48)

108 (96, 120)

0.165

Cognitive milestone

    

Recognize stranger, n (%)

21 (75.0)

51 (91.1)

25 (92.6)

0.072

Acquire age (range)

8 (3, 48)

8 (4, 60)

8 (4, 36)

0.955

Speak, n (%)

11 (39.3)a

44 (78.6)

25 (92.6)b

< 0.001*

Acquire age(range)

36 (12, 72)a

19 (6, 86)

12 (6, 30)b

0.002*

Other neurological finding

    

Joint contracture, n (%)

8 (28.6)

10 (17.9)

5 (18.5)

0.494

Spasticity tetraparesis, n (%)

0

4 (7.1)

1 (3.7)

0.322

Pyramidal signs, n (%)

3 (10.7)

3 (5.4)

6 (22.2)

0.068

Brainstem dysfunction, n (%) (Swallowing difficulty, respiration dysfunction)

15 (53.6)a

8 (14.3)

0 (0)b

< 0.001*

Ataxia, n (%)

2 (7.1)

3 (5.4)

2 (7.4)

0.917

Seizure, n (%)

4 (14.3)

4 (7.1)

0

0.123

  1. *Significant difference between three groups
  2. aSignificant between connatal and transitional group was significant
  3. bSignificant between connatal and classis group was significant, cSignificant between transitional and classic group was significant