Table 3

Discriminative features for each task by ET phenotype

TaskFeatureControl
(median±SD)
ET-0
(median±SD)
ET+1
(median±SD)
ET+2
(median±SD)
P valueSpearman correlation coefficient
Writing tasks
 1stdStrLen13.35±26.321.01±12041.15±29.1570.62±57.710.078*0.51
avgStrLenAir83.77±35.4799.18±63.9676.75±18.41128.08±37.90.077*0.35
 2totalT6.2±0.426.33±0.246.14±0.196.58±0.210.01*0.39
ratioAxAy1±0.210.90±0.140.66±0.251.41±0.620.03*0.46
 3avgDiffP620.3±274.71639.4±275.25686±190.2440±135.170.06*−0.34
ratioAirSurT0.67±0.370.58±0.380.78±0.250.51±0.170.07*−0.25
 4medAx1±0.620.5±0.180.5±0.221±0.920.03*0.59
avgAx2.5±4.31.39±0.61.23±3.72.87±7.440.053*0.55
Drawing tasks
 5aavgDiffP93.92±40.7188.22±35.65159.32±25.56171.05±155.510.018*0.60
skewDiffP18.86±7.2317.80±4.3710.35±6.128.72±6.570.030*−0.56
 5bmedAx0.25±0.070.25±0.200.50±0.110.875±1.920.042*0.58
Dxy33.5±16.4939±104.11120±55.41176.50±206.50.068*0.54
 6medVx4.75±1.243.25±3.806±4.0716.25±15.310.013*0.66
maxAngS21.17±28.021.15±9.4422.01±8.7316.76±59.760.016*−0.54
minStrLenAir82.50±41.65103.50±54.129±48.597.50±30.450.017*−0.65
maxJx50.08±86.250.26±22.050.19±19.939.29±170.20.018*−0.56
  • All features with p<0.05 are shown, otherwise the two features with lowest p values for each task. The p values and Spearman correlation coefficients were calculated for ET-0, ET+1 and ET+2.

  • *By Kruskal-Wallis.

  • ET, essential tremor.