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The sex ratio in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A population based study.
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Replicable risk factors for ALS include increasing age, family history and being male. The male: female ratio has been reported as being between 1 and 3. We tested the hypothesis that the sex ratio changes with age in a population register covering the south-east of England. The sex ratio before and after the age of 51 years was compared using a Z-test for proportions. Kendall's tau was used to assess the relationship between age group and sex ratio using incidence and prevalence data. Public...
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- Journal:
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis : official publication of the World Federation of Neurology Research Group on Motor Neuron Diseases
- Volume:
- 11
- Issue:
- 5
- Pages:
- 439-442
- Publication date:
- 2010-10-01
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1471-180X
- ISSN:
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1748-2968
- Source identifiers:
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245060
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- English
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- pubs:245060
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- 2010
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