Table 1.
Demographics of CSF training and test sets
| A) Training Set | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Disease group | ALS | DC | HC |
| N | 45 | 25 | 36 |
| Sex: M:F | 32:13 | 13:12 | 13:23 |
| Age (Mean+/− St. Dev) | 55.0 +/− 13.4 | 47.9 +/− 15.4 | 46.8 +/− 15.6 |
| Site of onset Bulbar: Spine | 7:37 (1 cognitive onset) | N/A | N/A |
| Median Disease duration | 15.2 months | N/A | N/A |
| B) Test set | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Disease group | ALS | DC | HC |
| N | 26 | 27 | 4 |
| Sex M:F | 11:9 | 16:11 | 2:2 |
| Age (Mean +/− St. Dev) | 55.1+/− 13.8 | 54.1 +/− 14.7 | 45.3 +/− 20.0 |
| Bulbar : Limb | 5:21 | N/A | N/A |
| Median Disease duration | 17.8 months | N/A | N/A |
Median disease duration represents the mean time from patient reported onset of clinical symptoms to the date when samples were collected.