Eur J Neurol. 2021 Jul 22. doi: 10.1111/ene.15031. Online ahead of print.
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: Several clinical and demographic factors relate to anatomic spread of adult-onset isolated dystonia, but a predictive model is still lacking.
OBJECTIVES: 1) To develop and validate a predictive model of anatomic spread of adult-onset isolated dystonia; 2) to evaluate whether presence of tremor associated with dystonia influences model predictions of spread.
METHODS: Adult-onset isolated dystonia participants with focal onset from the Dystonia Coalition Natural History Project database were included. We developed two prediction models, one with dystonia as sole disease manifestation (“dystonia-only”) and one accepting dystonia OR tremor in any body part as disease manifestations (“dystonia OR tremor”). Demographic and clinical predictors were selected based on previous evidence, clinical plausibility of association with spread or both. We used logistic regressions and evaluated model discrimination and calibration. Internal validation was done based on bootstrapping.
RESULTS: Both predictive models showed an area under the curve of 0.65 (95% confidence intervals: 0.62-0.70 and 0.62-0.69, respectively) and good calibration after internal validation. In both models, onset of dystonia in body regions other than the neck, older age, depression and history of neck trauma were predictors of spread.
CONCLUSIONS: This predictive modelling of spread in adult-onset isolated dystonia based on accessible predictors (demographic and clinical) can be easily implemented to inform individuals’ risk of spread. Since tremor did not influence prediction of spread, our results argue that tremor is a part of the dystonia syndrome, and not an independent or coincidental disorder.
PMID:34296504 | DOI:10.1111/ene.15031
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