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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Neurol. 2009 Sep;66(9):1120–1126. doi: 10.1001/archneurol.2009.196

Table 4. Cox models predicting occurrence of individual EPS and any EPS overall.

Parameter Speech/facial expression Tremor Rigidity Posture/Gait Bradykinesia Any EPS
Females 0.80 (0.43-1.51) 1.42 (0.52-3.83) 0.88 (0.48-1.59) 0.65 (0.39-1.08) 0.57 (0.30-1.09) 0.82 (0.56-1.19)
Age 1.01 (0.97-1.05) 1.05 (0.97-1.12) 1.04* (1.01-1.08) 1.06* (1.03-1.09) 1.05* (1.01-1.09) 1.05* (1.03-1.08)
Education 1.04 (0.92-1.12) 0.96 (0.84-1.09) 1.10* (1.03-1.18) 1.07* (1.01-1.13) 1.07 (0.40-1.05) 1.05* (1.0161.10)
Cs 0.57* (0.34-0.96) 0.947 (0.36-2.47) 0.37* (0.23-0.59) 0.64* (0.44-0.94) 0.65 (0.40-1.05) 0.58* (0.43-0.78)

Risk ratios (95%CI) are tabulated.

*

Significant (95% CI not including 1) association.

EPS: extrapyramidal signs; Cs: Composite cognitive score