TABLE 1.
Demographic data of Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients and control.
| Variable | PD patients | Control patients | Test | P-value | ||
| Frequency (%) | Mean ± SD | Frequency (%) | Mean ± SD | |||
| Age (yrs) | – | 69.10 ± 7.47 | – | 68.73 ± 7.06 | t = 0.195 | 0.846 |
| Age (yrs) | ||||||
| ≤65 | 12 (40.0) | – | 10 (33.30) | – | χ2 = 0.789* | 0.287 |
| >65 | 18 (60.0) | – | 20 (66.7) | – | – | – |
| Gender | ||||||
| Males | 26 (86.7) | – | 26 (86.7) | – | χ2 = 0.000* | 1.000 |
| Females | 4 (13.3) | – | 4 (13.3) | – | – | – |
| Education | ||||||
| None | 3(10.0) | – | 3 (10.0) | – | χ2 = 0.000 | 1.000 |
| Primary | 6 (20.0) | – | 6 (20.0) | – | – | – |
| Secondary | 10 (33.3) | – | 10 (33.3) | – | – | – |
| Tertiary | 11 (36.7) | – | 11 (36.7) | – | – | – |
*Fisher’s Exact test.