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. 2023 Sep 4;13:14548. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-41662-9

Table 2.

PD motor subtypes: demographic and clinical characteristics.

Indeterminate (n = 74) PIGD (n = 297) TD (n = 343) p Value
Age, years (median [IQR]) 62.71 [56.22, 68.75]* 67.00 [62.00, 71.00] 63.18 [56.80, 69.02]*  < 0.001
Gender female, n (%) 29 (39.18) 125 (42.09) 122 (35.56) 0.239
Education, years (median [IQR]) 14.00 [10.25, 16.00] * 11.00 [9.00, 14.00] 16.00 [13.00, 18.00] *  < 0.001
Duration, years (median [IQR]) 0.57 [0.26, 2.04] * 3.14 [0.75, 6.60] 0.40 [0.22, 1.01] *  < 0.001
Age of onset, years (median [IQR]) 59.84 [53.03, 67.40] 62.00 [56.14, 67.00] 61.08 [54.85, 66.82] 0.252
Hoehn and Yahr stage, n (%)  < 0.001
 Stage 1 21 (28.38)a 59 (19.87) 158 (46.06)*
 Stage 1.5 15 (20.27)a 66 (22.22) 12 (3.50)*
 Stage 2 36 (48.65) 107 (36.03) 172 (50.15)*
 Stage ≥ 2.5 2 (2.70)* 36 (21.89) 1 (0.30)*
MDS-UPDRS I score (mean (SD)) 4.73 (3.65)* 3.66 (3.44) 4.67 (3.82)* 0.001
MDS-UPDRS II score (mean (SD)) 7.97 (4.16)*a 9.89 (5.27) 5.36 (3.85)*  < 0.001
MDS-UPDRS III score (mean (SD)) 15.89 (8.32) 15.85 (7.15) 19.32 (9.74)*  < 0.001
MDS-UPDRS IV score (mean (SD)) 0.30 (0.57)* 1.26 (1.74) 0.07 (0.30)*  < 0.001
LED, mg/day (mean (SD)) 108.45 (179.77) *a 329.74 (282.84) 39.94 (117.67) *  < 0.001
MOCA score (median [IQR]) 26.00 [25.00, 28.00] 25.00 [24.00, 25.00] 27.00 [25.00, 29.00]*  < 0.001
Depression, n (%) 36 (48.65)* 236 (79.46) 78 (22.74)*  < 0.001
EDS, n (%) 11 (14.86) 27 (9.09) 42 (12.24) 0.259
pRBD, n(%) 20 (27.03) 61 (20.54) 111 (32.36)* 0.003

Abbreviations: PD Parkinson’s disease, PIGD postural instability and gait disturbance, TD tremor dominant, MDS-UPDRS Movement Disorder Society revision of the Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale, MOCA Montreal Cognitive Assessment, EDS excessive daytime sleepiness, pRBD probable rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder, SCOPA-AUT Scales for Outcomes in Parkinson’s Disease–Autonomic Dysfunction, IQR interquartile range, SD standard deviation.

*p < 0.05 compared with the PIGD subtype.

ap < 0.05 compared with the tremor-dominant subtype.