Table 2

Distributions of chromosome 12 markers in SCA2 patients and normal controls

LocusAllelenpatients/Nncontrols/Nχ2p
D12S84 31/5 6/120
 72/518/120
 81/530/120
101/510/120
D12S105 25/561/120
D12S1672 24/518/120 9.86<0.05
 41/527/120
D12S1333 23/4 8/12014.71<0.001
 71/431/120
D12S354 12/543/120
 31/517/120
 62/539/120
D12S79 53/415/120 7.67<0.05
 81/4  4/120
  • N = number of families in which the allele segregating with the mutation could be determined or number of control chromosomes used.