Table 1 Linear regression results showing the main effects of the number of CAGs in the inherited allele and age at sampling on the ratio of CAG expansions for alleles ranging from 10 to 50 CAGs, categorised into normal, intermediate, reduced-penetrance and full-penetrance alleles.
Allele type (CAG range) | n | Min | Max | Ratio of CAG expansionsa | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Main effects | Interaction effects | ||||||||||
CAG | Age | R2 | |||||||||
β-coefficient | CI (95%) | p value | β-coefficient | CI (95%) | p value | p value | |||||
Normal (10-27) | 47 | 0.004 | 0.024 | 0.001 | 0.001, 0.002 | <0.001 | −0.00002 | −0.0001, 0.0001 | 0.719 | 0.324 | 0.736 |
Intermediate (27-35) | 135 | 0.020 | 0.091 | 0.004 | 0.004, 0.005 | <0.001 | 0.0001 | 0.0001, 0.0002 | 0.001 | 0.646 | 0.010 |
Reduced-penetrance (36-39) | 37 | 0.063 | 0.878 | 0.047 | 0.014, 0.079 | 0.006 | 0.003 | 0.001, 0.005 | 0.009 | 0.332 | 0.200 |
Full penetrance (40-50) | 74 | 0.148 | 1787 | 0.125 | 0.107, 0.143 | <0.001 | 0.011 | 0.007, 0.015 | <0.001 | 0.742 | 0.031 |