Table 1:
Baseline demographic, serum, and clinical data for PD and statin subgroup subjects.
| Total Cohort | Statin non-users | Statin users | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Lipophilic | Hydrophilic | |||
| Demographics | |||||
| Subjects, n | 125 | 91 | 34 | 24 | 10 |
| Age, y | 67.7 (9.3) | 67.9 (9.6) | 67.2 (8.5) | 67.4 (8.6) | 66.7 (8.9) |
| Gender, n (M/F) | 69/56 | 50/41 | 19/15 | 14/10 | 5/5 |
| Education, y | 14.6 (2.8) | 14.5 (2.9) | 15.1 (2.5) | 15.1 (2.5) | 14.9 (2.6) |
| Laboratory | |||||
| Cholesterol, mg/dL | 182.3 (37.4) | 187.1 (37.1) | 169.7 (35.5) | 167.2 (34.8) | 175.9 (38.3) |
| LDL, mg/dL | 108.1 (29.9) | 113.2 (29.5) | 94.6 (26.9) | 92.5 (27.5) | 99.6 (26.1) |
| HDL, mg/dL | 52.9 (16.0) | 52.4 (15.3) | 54.3 (17.7) | 56.2 (18.4) | 49.9 (16.0) |
| Clinical Measurements | |||||
| Disease Duration, y | 6.4 (6.7) | 6.2 (6.7) | 7.0 (6.8) | 7.4 (7.2) | 6.0 (5.9) |
| LEDD, mg | 644 (470) | 648 (494) | 631 (404) | 598 (364) | 707 (497) |
| UPDRS-total | 53.2 (33.9) | 55.3 (35.1) | 47.7 (30.2) | 50.6 (34.2) | 40.8 (17.0) |
| UPDRS-I | 10.3 (7.3) | 11.0 (7.8) | 8.4 (5.3) | 9.3 (5.5) | 6.1 (4.2) |
| UPDRS-II | 11.1 (9.9) | 11.9 (10.5) | 8.9 (7.7) | 9.9 (8.5) | 6.6 (4.8) |
| UPDRS-III | 29.6 (19.5) | 29.9 (19.0) | 28.9 (21.1) | 30.4 (23.1) | 25.4 (15.8) |
| UPDRS-IV | 2.3 (3.3) | 2.6 (3.6) | 1.5 (2.3) | 1.0 (1.7) | 2.7 (3.1) |
| MoCA | 23.6 (4.4) | 24.3 (3.7) | 25.1 (2.7) | 25.6 (2.2) | 24.3 (3.3) |
| UPSIT | 19.1 (7.6) | 19.1 (7.4) | 19.1 (8.3) | 18.3 (8.0) | 20.7 (9.1) |
| Susceptibility R2* (1/s) | 28.0 (4.1) | 28.3 (4.0) | 27.3 (4.4) | 26.9 (3.6) | 27.9 (5.7) |
Data represent mean with standard deviations in parentheses unless otherwise specified. Abbreviations: M=male; F=female; y=years; LEDD=Levodopa equivalent daily dosage; MoCA=Montreal Cognitive Assessment; UPDRS=Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale, I=non-motor experiences of daily living, II=motor experiences of daily living, III=motor examination; IV=motor dysfunction; total=sum of UPDRS parts I-IV; UPSIT=University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test.