Table 1 Disorder of Consciousness (DoC) clinical-demographic characteristics.

From: Peri-Personal Space Tracing by Hand-Blink Reflex Modulation in Patients with Chronic Disorders of Consciousness

DoC

Etiology

Gender

Age (y)

BI onset (m)

MRI

CRS-R

MCS+

T

M

70

12

FP_h

18

MCS+

T

F

48

11

FP_h

18

MCS+

V

M

39

20

SAH

15

MCS−

T

F

42

15

F_h

9

MCS−

T

M

39

11

FP_h

18

MCS+

T

F

67

16

multiple_h

18

MCS+

V

M

45

11

FTP_IS

11

MCS−

V

M

67

4

FP_h

12

Mean ± SD

5 T, 3 V

5 M, 3 F

52 ± 14

13 ± 5

 

15 ± 4

UWS

A

F

61

3

WMH

5

UWS

T

M

36

6

DAI + FP_h

5

UWS

T

M

47

2

multiple_h

4

UWS

V

F

60

3

FTP_IS

6

UWS

V

F

68

21

TP_IS

5

UWS

A

F

36

12

WMH

7

UWS

T

M

62

15

FP_h

4

UWS

A

F

42

8

WMH

7

UWS

T

M

64

21

DAI + TP_h

5

UWS

T

F

46

6

DAI + Fb_h

5

UWS

V

F

37

13

SAH

5

UWS

T

M

46

7

multiple_h

7

Mean ± SD

3 A, 6 T,3 V

7 M, 5 F

50 ± 12

10 ± 7

 

5 ± 1

(*)

0.3

0.4

0.8

0.3

0.2

<0.001

  1. Abbreviations: CRS-R Coma Recovery Scale–Revised; BI brain injury; F female; M male; V vascular; T traumatic; A anoxic; MCS Minimally Conscious State; UWS Unresponsive Wakefulness Syndrome; MRI magnetic resonance imaging pattern (FP frontoparietal, _h hemorrhage, SAH subarachnoid hemorrhage, F frontal, FP fronto-parietal, Fb frontobasal, WMH white matter hyperintensity, DAI diffuse axonal injury, FTP fronto-temporo-parietal, TP temporo-parietal, _IS ischemia); (*) p-value of between group t-test at entry time.