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Prevalence of Essential Tremor on Arosa Island, Spain: a Community-based, Door-to-Door Survey Cover

Prevalence of Essential Tremor on Arosa Island, Spain: a Community-based, Door-to-Door Survey

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|Sep 2013

Figures & Tables

TABLE 1

Prevalence of Essential Tremor, Stratified by Age and Sex

Age (Years)Prevalence, Cases/100 population (95% Confidence Interval) (n)
MalesFemalesBoth Sexes
65–747.37 (3.39–11.35) (14)7.33 (3.76–10.90) (17)7.35 (4.74–9.95) (31)
75–8411.34 (4.51–18.17) (11)8.97 (3.97–13.96) (13)9.92 (5.94–13.89) (24)
≥8510.71 (2.27–28.23) (3)11.47 (2.66–20.29) (7)11.24 (4.11–18.36) (10)
Total8.89 (5.59–12.19) (28)8.45 (5.73–11.17) (37)8.63 (6.56–10.70) (65)
TABLE 2

Concordance Analysis on Tremor Tasks

TaskRight Arm KLeft Arm K
Postural0.590.70
Drinking0.750.71
Finger–nose0.610.65
Spoon0.560.72
Pouring0.810.70
Spiral0.610.6
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/tohm.130 | Journal eISSN: 2160-8288
Language: English
Submitted on: Jun 23, 2013
Accepted on: Jul 29, 2013
Published on: Sep 3, 2013
Published by: Columbia University Libraries/Information Services
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2013 Manuel Seijo-Martínez, María Castro del Río, Jose Ramon Rodríguez Álvarez, Ramon Suarez Prado, Eugenio Torres Salgado, Javier Paz Esquete, Maria Jesus Sobrido-Gómez, published by Columbia University Libraries/Information Services
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