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. 2025 Dec 7;12:1. doi: 10.1038/s41531-025-01208-4

Table 2.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients

Subject Target Sex Age Disease duration (years) Age at onset (years) MDS-UPDRS III pre-DBSa MDS-UPDRS III post-DBSb LEDD pre-DBS LEDD post-DBS N visits between IP and cFU cFU: time after implant (months)
1 STN F 50 17 32 54 18 1186 80 6 9
2 GPi F 63 17 45 51 42 1185 735 7 13
3 STN F 58 6 51 42 33 720 270 5 8
4 STN M 54 9 43 29 17 1520 120 8 16
5 STN M 62 12 50 46 27 1290 595 5 6
6 GPi F 70 9 60 38 26 690 450 6 8
7 STN M 52 14 37 36 23 661 505 7 11
8 GPi M 45 9 35 84 62 875 325 8 12
9 GPi F 52 19 12 55 40 550 400 7 12
10 STN M 56 11 44 61 32 1740 740 7 13
11 GPi F 64 17 47 56 47 1180 170 4 8
12 STN F 66 19 46 74 45 917.5 575 6 9
13 STN M 58 13 45 56 45 1055 400 4 7
14 STN M 60 12 48 45 31 1327 570 5 7
15 STN F 53 4 48 29 26 1305 400 5 6
16 STN F 65 9 56 41 22 700 325 5 6
17 GPi M 69 23 45 62 43 1113 1008 6 6
18 GPi M 54 13 41 47 37 850 400 5 8
19 STN M 47 7 40 40 26 1502 550 4 6
Mean ± SD 55.8 ± 7.5 12.6 ± 5 43.4 ± 10.1 49.8 ± 14.2 33.8 ± 11.6 1071.9 ± 333.3 453.6 ± 228.3 5.7 ± 1.2 9 ± 2.9

aPerformed before surgery, in the OFF-medication condition.

bPerformed 1 year after surgery, in the OFF-medication, ON-stimulation condition.

cFU clinical follow-up, LEDD Levodopa Equivalent Daily Dose, IP initial programming, SD standard deviation.