Demographic and clinical data for controls and patients with Huntington’s disease
| Controls | Patients with HD | |
|---|---|---|
| –, test not administered; BDI, Beck Depression Inventory score (maximum score 63, normal range 0–9); CAG, cytosine–adenine–guanine; HD, Huntington’s disease; IQ, estimated full-scale IQ calculated from National Adult Reading Test error score; MMSE, Mini-Mental State Examination score (maximum score 30); UHDRS, motor subscale score from the Unified Huntington’s Disease Rating Scale. | ||
| Values are mean (SD). | ||
| Male/female | 15/2 | 19/1 |
| Age (years) | 49.7 (7.3) | 47.9 (7.7) |
| UHDRS | — | 23.1 (13.7) |
| Duration of illness (years) | — | 5.4 (3.6) |
| CAG repeats | — | 43.4 (3.4) |
| CAG index | — | 363 (136) |
| MMSE | 29.2 (1.3) | 27.1 (2.4) |
| IQ | 119 (6.1) | 115.5 (6.1) |
| BDI | 1.5 (1.7) | 6.9 (6.9) |