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. 2025 Jul 12;11:208. doi: 10.1038/s41531-025-01065-1

Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the HCs and PD-PIGD patients

Group HC (n = 46) PD-PIGD (n = 94) PD-PIGD (n = 94) t Test ANOVA
HY1 (n = 33) HY2 (n = 30) HY3–4 (n = 31) p value (HC vs. PD-PIGD) p Value
Age, y 61.09 ± 9.26 (46–83) 62.40 ± 9.67 (41–82) 57.73 ± 9.09 (41–75) 61.97 ± 9.23 (42–78) 67.81 ± 8.05 (54–82) 0.444b <0.001c
Sex (M/F) 19/27 49/45 20/13 14/16 15/16 0.229a 0.403a
Education, y 8.78 ± 4.28 (0–15) 7.33 ± 4.71 (0–17) 8.58 ± 5.19 (0–17) 6.73 ± 4.58 (0–16) 6.58 ± 4.14 (0–15) 0.08b 0.077c
MoCA 23.72 ± 3.09 (15–30) 20.18 ± 5.95 (10–30) 23.52 ± 4.41 (12–30) 20.93 ± 6.06 (10–29) 15.90 ± 4.66 (10–28) <0.001b <0.001c
Disease duration, y 2.27 ± 1.82 (0.5–5) 3.50 ± 2.77 (2–9) 5.18 ± 3.12 (3–11) <0.001d
LEDD, mg 244.92 ± 219.23 (0–580) 420.17 ± 140.35 (100-675) 540.08 ± 166.42 (200–1025) <0.001d
MMSE 27.70 ± 2.34 (21–30) 26.53 ± 3.91 (18–30) 23.77 ± 3.36 (16–29) <0.001d
HAMD 7.09 ± 4.70 (0–22) 7.57 ± 5.15 (0–23) 8.19 ± 5.33 (1–21) 0.684 d
HAMA 6.42 ± 3.35 (1–14) 7.47 ± 5.00 (0–25) 7.16 ± 4.22 (1–21) 0.599 d
UPDRS III score 20.82 ± 9.74 (8–39) 29.40 ± 11.42 (15–42) 37.23 ± 15.83 (20–82) <0.001d
PIGD score 3.94 ± 1.68 (2–7) 4.97 ± 2.21 (3–10) 9.87 ± 2.66 (7–16) <0.001d

aChi-square test, bindependent samples t test between the HC and PD-PIGD groups, cANOVA of the HC, HY1, HY2, and HY3-4 groups,

dANOVA of the HY1, HY2, and HY3-4 groups. Bold indicates statistical significance (p < 0.05). Continuous variables are presented as the means ± SD (minimum‒maximum), and categorical variables are presented as counts (n).

HAMA Hamilton Anxiety Scale, HAMD Hamilton Depression Scale, LEDD levodopa equivalent daily dose, MMSE Minimum Mental State Examination, MoCA Montreal Cognitive Assessment, PIGD postural instability and gait difficulty, UPDRS III Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale Part III.