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.

From: Somatic CAG repeat instability in intermediate alleles of the HTT gene and its potential association with a clinical phenotype

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

  1. aThe proportion of reads with more CAGs than the inherited CAG length.