Sacral Reflex Characteristics of Patients with Multiple System Atrophy

Table 6

Comparison of rates of BCR abnormalities in MSA patients with abnormal sacral spinal cord function and without abnormal sacral spinal cord function.

Group	Subgroup	Number of cases	Number with abnormal BCR	Abnormal BCR rate (%)	χ^2 value	value
Urination disorder	1	30	30	100.00	4.416	0.036
	2	21	19	90.48
Defecation disorder	1	24	23	95.83	0.318	0.573
	2	27	24	88.90
Male sexual dysfunction	1	27	27	100.00	2,888	0.019
	2	24	19	79.17
Orthostatic hypotension	1	23	20	86.70	1.017	0.313
	2	28	27	96.90

Note: group 1: MSA with abnormal sacral spinal cord function, group 2: MSA without abnormal sacral spinal cord function.