Research Article

Modulation at Age of Onset in Tunisian Huntington Disease Patients: Implication of New Modifier Genes

Table 2

Pearson correlation coefficient between studied polymorphisms and age at onset of HD in our population.

Gene (polymorphism) Pearson correlation coefficient r value

IT15 (expanded CAG) −0.8630.000*
IT15 (unexpanded CAG) −0.3830.176
DRPLA (CAG) −0.2250.440
DMPK (CTG) 0.2950.306
ATXN1 (CAG) −0.2900.315
TBP (CAG) −0.2990.299
JPH3 (CTG) −0.5470.043*
TCERG1 (Gln-Ala) −0.1510.606
GRIN2A (rs1969060) 0.2870.320
GRIN2B (rs890) −0.1290.661

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