Table 4

Prognosis of LEMS patients with or without tumours

With tumour
(n=14)		Without tumour
(n=16)		P value
Prognosis
 Length of hospital stay (months)2.5 (0.6–4.1)1.5 (1–5.3)0.9586*
 mRS at the final visit3.5 (2.3–4)2 (2–3)0.0329*
 Exacerbation n-yes/n-total (%)6/11 (54.5)9/12 (75.0)0.4003†
 Death4/10 (40.0)1/14 (7.1)0.1222†
 LEMS0 (0.0)0 (0.0)
 Others

  1. Nasopharyngeal cancer brain metastasis

  2. Tumour

  3. Renal failure

  4. Unknown

1.Unknown

  • *Wilcoxon/Kruskal-Wallis test.

  • †Fisher’s exact test.

  • LEMS, Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome.