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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Feb 21.
Published in final edited form as: Neurosci Lett. 2006 Dec 27;413(3):274–278. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.11.053

Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics of study population

Cases n=289 Controls n=270

No. % No. %
Gender
 Female 133 46.0 131 48.5
 Male 156 54.0 139 51.5
Age (median (range)) 70 (34–87) 69 (35–92)
Family History PD1
 No 253 87.5 240 88.9
 Yes 36 12.5 30 11.1
Race/ethnicity
 White 235 81.3 220 81.5
 Black 3 1.0 9 3.3
 Latino 32 11.1 19 7.0
 Asian 4 1.4 11 4.1
 Native American 15 5.2 11 4.1
Smoking Packyears2
 0 153 52.9 111 42.4
 >0 to <10 59 20.4 65 24.3
 ≥10 to <40 51 17.7 60 22.4
 ≥40 26 9.0 32 11.9
1

Defined as having a first degree relative with Parkinson’s disease

2

Missing packyear data for 2 smokers (n=2)