Table 1 Distribution of common types of ataxia according to the patients’ ethnicities in this study
Ethnicity | INAD | SCA | ARSAC | GAN | Treatable ataxias | ATM | Mitochondrial ataxia | NCL | Congenital Ataxias | Rare disorders | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fars | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 41 |
Azeri | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 33 |
Lur | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Arab | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Afghan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Kurd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Mazani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Gilak | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Khorasani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Balouch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 19 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 97 |