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. 2023 Mar 24;14:1158188. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2023.1158188

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of patients.

Total MH
TD PIGD p TD PIGD p
Number 90 98 22 38
Age (years) 66.41 ± 8.48 67.43 ± 10.01 0.456 66.45 ± 8.13 68.39 ± 9.91 0.440
Male (%) 50 (55.6%) 45 (45.9%) 0.187 14 (63.6%) 19 (50%) 0.306
BMI 23.63 ± 3.43 23.62 ± 3.35 0.981 23.44 ± 3.01 22.66 ± 3.15 0.505
Education (%) 0.265 0.133
Illiteracy 12 (13.3%) 13 (13.3%) 2 (9.1%) 4 (10.5%)
Primary school 18 (20.0%) 10 (10.2%) 7 (31.8%) 3 (7.9%)
Middle school 45 (50.0%) 53 (54.1%) 10 (45.5%) 24 (63.2%)
College or above 15 (16.7%) 22 (22.4%) 3 (13.6%) 7 (18.4%)
H-Y stage 2.20 ± 0.66 2.59 ± 0.57 <0.001 2.50 ± 0.56 2.51 ± 0.62 0.722
Disease duration(years) 5.58 ± 4.22 5.70 ± 4.19 0.782 7.40 ± 4.06 5.84 ± 4.26 0.106
UPDRSIII 31.06 ± 16.13 30.47 ± 12.89 0.945 35.55 ± 17.97 27.84 ± 11.65 0.125
LEDD (mg) 383.55 ± 377.74 546.94 ± 392.55 0.002 446.69 ± 264.99 561.98 ± 345.64 0.182
MH(%) 22 (24.4%) 38 (38.8%) 0.035 / /

Data are presented as the mean ± SD, n (%). Bold value is statistically significant (p < 0.05). MH, minor hallucination; TD, tremor dominant; PIGD, postural instability and gait difficulty; BMI, body mass index; H-Y, Hoehn and Yahr; UPDRS III, Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale part 3; LEDD, Levodopa equivalent daily dose.