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Table 5 Association of gender and region of symptom onset with neurophysiological indices in ALS patients

From: Split limb phenomenon in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: electrophysiologic study

Variable

Split foot index

Split leg index

Split elbow index

Males (n = 32)

Females (n = 16)

0.25 (0.0–1.15)

0.32 (0.0–3.58)

0.46 (0.15–1.92)

0.53 (0.0–1.62)

0.75 (0.29–1.18)

0.84 (0.51–2.28)

P-value

0.364

0.358

0.162

ULs (n = 11)

LLs (n = 9)

Bulbar (n = 4)

0.33 (0.1–2.1)

0.17 (0.0–3.58) 

0.18 (0.0–0.6)

0.51 (0.23–1.62) 

0.43 (0.0–1.92)

0.45 (0.32–0.75)

0.79 (0.29–1.06)

0.68 (0.38–2.28)

0.81 (0.67–1.7)

p-value

0.129

0.415

0.354

  1. The data are presented as median and range
  2. Mann–Whitney test was used for the effect of gender
  3. Kruskal–Wallis test was used for the effect of region of symptom onset