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. 2024 Sep 27;10:178. doi: 10.1038/s41531-024-00789-w

Table 2.

Baseline demographic characteristics of NSD participants by study

PPMI (cohort at enrollment) PASADENA SPARK
NSD Sporadic PD
(N = 507)
LRRK2 PD
(N = 87)
GBA PD
(N = 56)
SNCA PD
(N = 9)
PRKN PD
(N = 2)
RBD
(N = 61)
Hyposmia
(N = 40)
LRRK2 NMC
(N = 12)
GBA NMC
(N = 11)
SNCA NMC
(N = 3)
HC
(N = 15)
Early PD
(N = 61)
Early PD
(N = 110)
Age (Years), Mean (SD) 62.4 (9.2) 60.1 (8.8) 60.7 (10.3) 46.3 (8.9) 70.0 (12.4) 69.8 (5.4) 67.5 (5.1) 66.9 (8.9) 63.3 (6.1) 43.6 (1.4) 67.2 (8.4) 60.2 (9.8) 61.1 (8.2)
Sex, n (%)
 Male 336 (66%) 52 (60%) 36 (64%) 4 (44%) 2 (100%) 47 (77%) 20 (50%) 8 (67%) 5 (45%) 0 10 (67%) 42 (69%) 71 (65%)
 Female 171 (34%) 35 (40%) 20 (36%) 5 (56%) 0 14 (23%) 20 (50%) 4 (33%) 6 (55%) 3 (100%) 5 (33%) 19 (31%) 39 (35%)
 Years Since PD Diagnosis, Mean (SD) 0.7 (0.6) 3.0 (2.2) 2.6 (2.4) 3.0 (2.2) 0.3 (0.0) NA NA NA NA NA NA 0.9 (0.5) 0.6 (0.6)
MDS-UPDRS Item 1.1 Score, n (%)
 0: Normal 378 (75%) 58 (67%) 36 (64%) 5 (56%) 2 (100%) 36 (59%) 28 (70%) 8 (67%) 9 (82%) 3 (100%) 15 (100%) 48 (79%) 98 (89%)
 1: Slight 116 (23%) 24 (28%) 18 (32%) 3 (33%) 0 19 (31%) 12 (30%) 4 (33%) 2 (18%) 0 0 9 (15%) 8 (7%)
 2–4: Mild to Severe 13 (3%) 5 (6%) 2 (4%) 1 (11%) 0 6 (10%) 0 0 0 0 0 4 (7%) 4 (4%)
 MDS-UPDRS Part I, Mean (SD) 5.6 (4.1) 8.2 (5.7) 8.4 (5.0) 9.1 (5.3) 4.5 (3.5) 7.9 (4.4) 5.0 (3.6) 3.9 (3.8) 5.8 (6.0) 3.7 (3.8) 3.0 (1.8) 4.6 (4.0) 4.0 (3.8)
 MDS-UPDRS Part II, Mean (SD) 5.7 (4.2) 7.8 (6.0) 8.5 (5.8) 9.9 (5.2) 2.5 (0.7) 2.2 (2.8) 1.7 (2.4) 0.9 (1.2) 2.2 (4.4) 0.0 (0.0) 0.3 (0.6) 5.0 (3.6) 4.8 (3.6)
 MDS-UPDRS Part III (OFF), Mean (SD) 21.4 (8.9) 23.9 (12.0) 27.3 (11.1) 14.9 (10.7) 9.5 (0.7) 4.6 (3.7) 2.8 (3.4) 2.8 (4.6) 2.9 (4.9) 0.0 (0.0) 1.0 (2.0) 22.6 (9.2) 23.7 (8.9)
 Missing 1 19 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Subthreshold Parkinsonisma, n (%) 505 (>99%) 67 (99%) 51 (100%) 9 (100%) 2 (100%) 17 (28%) 6 (15%) 2 (17%) 2 (18%) 0 0 59 (97%) 110 (100%)
 MOCA Total Score, Mean (SD) 27.0 (2.4) 26.9 (2.6) 26.5 (2.2) 25.1 (6.4) 28.5 (0.7) 26.3 (3.7) 26.6 (2.2) 26.1 (3.0) 27.3 (2.2) 26.7 (2.3) 27.7 (1.8) 28.1 (1.8) 27.6 (1.7)
 On PD Treatment, n (%) 0 71 (82%) 42 (75%) 8 (89%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 (98%)b 0
 UPSIT Percentile ≤15, n (%) 406 (82%) 63 (76%) 53 (96%) 9 (100%) 2 (100%) 58 (97%) 40 (100%) 3 (25%) 6 (55%) 3 (100%) 9 (60%) NA NA
 Age/Sex-Expected Lowest Putamen SBR <75%, n (%) 505 (>99%) 87 (100%) 56 (100%) 9 (100%) 2 (100%) 42 (69%) 30 (75%) 5 (42%) 1 (9%) 0 1 (7%) 61 (100%) 96 (87%)
Hoehn and Yahr Stage, n (%)
 0: Asymptomatic 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 0
 1: Unilateral Involvement only 198 (39%) 17 (25%) 15 (31%) 4 (44%) 2 (100%) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 40 (36%)
 2: Bilateral Involvement without impairment of balance 309 (61%) 47 (69%) 32 (65%) 4 (44%) 0 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 65 (59%)
 3: Mild to Moderate Involvement 0 4 (6%) 2 (4%) 1 (11%) 0 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 2 (2%)
 Missing 0 19 7 0 0 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 3 (3%)

One sporadic PD participant was missing a score for MDS-UPDRS Part I. Three sporadic PD and one LRRK2 PD participants were missing a MoCA score. Ten sporadic PD, 4 LRRK2 PD, 1 GBA PD, and 1 RBD participant were missing an UPSIT score.

HC Healthy controls. MDS-UPDRS Movement Disorder Society Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale.

MoCA Montreal Cognitive Assessment, NMC non-manifesting carriers, PD Parkinson’s disease, RBD REM sleep behavior disorder, SBR Striatal Binding Ratio, UPSIT University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test.

aMDS-UPDRS Part III >4 excluding postural and action tremor.

bParticipants in PASADENA study were allowed to be on a stable dose of monoamine oxidase inhibitors B (MAOB) at enrollment.