Table 1

Clinical information on ALS patients and controls.

Clinical variables

Patients

Controls


Number

Dataset 1

30

30

Dataset 2

30

30

Dataset 3

63

63

Male gender (%)

Dataset 1

15 (50)

15 (50)

Dataset 2

14 (47)

15 (50)

Dataset 3

38 (60)

40 (63)

Age at blood collection

Dataset 1

63.8 (41.0–76.0)

62.8 (42.8–80.8)

Dataset 2

63.7 (35.3–79.5)

64.8 (36.2–75.8)

Dataset 3

65.0 (23.5–80.8)

64.1 (36.9–81.2)

Age at disease onset

Dataset 1

62.8 (40.5–75.6)

Dataset 2

62.5 (34.2–78.4)

Dataset 3

64.4 (21.5–79.6)

Bulbar Onset (%)

Dataset 1

15 (50)

Dataset 2

15 (50)

Dataset 3

14 (22)


For the three independent datasets, we report sample sizes and patient characteristics. The close similarity between patients and controls reflects the fact that healthy controls were chosen such that they matched the age and gender of the patients.

¶ Median years (range)

Saris et al. BMC Genomics 2009 10:405   doi:10.1186/1471-2164-10-405

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