Table 1.
Measure | No Motor Deficit (NMD) | Minimal Motor Deficit with Absent nigral Lewy body (MMD) | Minimal Motor Deficit with nigral Lewy body (MMD-LB) | Parkinson’s disease (PD) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Case number | 9 | 11 | 17 | 24 |
Age at death, years | 81.33 ± 8.06 | 93.00 ± 3.10 | 90.41 ± 5.53 | 78.04 ± 8.69##,$$ |
Sex, male/female | 4/5 | 3/8 | 9/8 | 13/11 |
Global parkinsonism, (0–100) | 4.32 ± 2.05 | 25.37 ± 11.92** | 16.34 ± 12.41* | 38.64 ± 10.24***,$$ |
Parkinsonian gait score (0–100) | 9.56 ± 11.48 | 56.96 ± 19.68*** | 34.27 ± 23.15* | 56.07 ± 22.34*** |
Rigidity (0–100) | 4.04 ± 8.93 | 16.36 ± 19.76 | 16.8 ± 22.54 | 38.33 ± 17.29***,#,$$ |
Tremor (0–100) | 1.54 ± 4.63 | 2.47 ± 4.85 | 3.49 ± 5.56 | 8.07 ± 12.27 |
Bradykinesia (0–100) | 2.18 ± 6.55 | 26.81 ± 16.05* | 15.75 ± 14.47 | 52.10 ± 16.28***,#,$$$ |
Post-mortem interval, h | 5.88 ± 2.45 | 10.24 ± 4.07 | 9.37 ± 6.37 | 5.99 ± 2.41 |
* P < 0.05, **P < 0.01 and ***P < 0.001 compared with NMD.
# P < 0.05 and ##P < 0.01 compared with MMD.
$$ P < 0.01 and $$$P < 0.001 compared with MMD-LB.