The Anti-Acetylcholine Receptor Antibody Test in Suspected Ocular Myasthenia Gravis

Table 1

The characteristics of each group.

	Diplopia ( = 103)	Ptosis ( = 12)	Diplopia and ptosis ( = 29)	value
Male/female	57/46	5/7	17/12
Mean (SD) age, yrs	42.12 ± 17.4	43.17 ± 10.5	48.17 ± 15.3	0.224^†
Number of patients with anti-AChR-Ab^‡ (%)	11 (10.7%)	2 (16.7%)	8 (27.6%)
Mean anti-AChR-Ab^‡ level (nmol/L)	0.26 ± 1.4	1.10 ± 2.7	0.99 ± 2.3	0.062^†

Chi-square test; ^†one-way ANOVA; ^‡anti-AChR-Ab: anti-acetylcholine receptor antibodies.