Table 1

Baseline patient demographics: safety sample

ParameterTorticollis (n=402)Laterocollis (n=112)Total* (n=515)
Gender, n (%) male131 (32.6)31 (27.7)162 (31.5)
Age, years
 Mean (SD)51.9 (12.7)51.9 (12.8)51.9 (12.7)
 Range19–8319–8719–87
Height, cm (mean (SD))169.1 (8.6)168.4 (8.7)169.0 (8.6)
Weight, kg (mean (SD))73.2 (15.4)70.7 (12.1)72.6 (14.7)
BMI, kg/m2 (mean (SD))25.5 (4.6)24.9 (3.6)25.3 (4.4)
Race, n (%)
 Caucasian398 (99.0)112 (100.0)511 (99.2)
 Asian1 (0.2)0 (0.0)1 (0.2)
 Oriental3 (0.7)0 (0.0)3 (0.6)
Additional CD symptoms, n (%)
 Pain (p=0.0676)219 (54.5)72 (64.3)291 (56.5)
 Shift (sagittal or lateral, p=0.0011)40 (10.0)25 (22.3)65 (12.6)
 Dysphagia (p=0.1467)7 (1.7)5 (4.5)12 (2.3)
 Other12 (3.0)1 (0.9)13 (2.5)
Subtypes of CD, n (%)§
 Without tremor/shoulder elevation (p=0.0006)131 (32.6)18 (16.1)149 (29.0)
 With shoulder elevation (p=0.0024)126 (31.3)53 (47.3)179 (34.8)
 With tremor (p=0.9120)145 (36.1)41 (36.6)186 (36.2)
Baseline total Tsui score (patient in sitting position), mean (SD)§8.4 (3.5)8.2 (3.3)8.4 (3.5)
  • * Includes one patient in whom the main type of cervical dystonia (CD) was unknown.

  • Torticollis n=399; laterocollis n=111; total n=510.

  • Fisher exact test for torticollis versus laterocollis, two-sided.

  • § Total population n=514, main type of CD was not known in one patient.