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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Neurophysiol. 2011 May 26;122(12):2426–2432. doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.03.033

Table 1.

Subject demographics, electrophysiology, and clinical results.

ILBD versus
Overall PD Control
PD ILBD Control P P P
N 7 10 28
Age at EEG (y); mean (SD) 81.3 (4.9) 89.4 (4.4) 86.3 (5.4) .01 .003* .11
Female 4 (57%) 3 (30%) 14 (50%) .20 .35 .46
Rest EMG Discharge 4 (57%) 3 (30%) 4 (14%) .05 .35 .35
Rest EMG Discharge Peak Frequency (Hz); mean (SD) 4.09 (0.61) 4.07 (0.74) 8.1 (2.3) .009 .99 .008*
Rest EMG Discharge Peak Frequency <5.5 Hz 4/4 (100%) 3/3 (100%) 0/4 (0%) .004 >.99 .03*
Activation EMG Discharge 7 (100%) 4 (40%) 17 (61%) .04 .03* .29
Activation EMG Discharge Peak Frequency (Hz); mean (SD) 8.2 (3.5) 11.2 (3.1) 9.3 (3.9) .44 .20 .37
Rest or Activation EMG discharge 7 (100%) 7 (70%) 18 (64%) .18 .10 >.99
Background Rhythm Frequency (Hz); mean (SD) 7.25 (0.67) 8.32 (0.80) 9.40 (0.83) <.001 .01* .001*
 Adjusted for Age and Sex; adjusted mean 7.0 8.5 9.4 <.001 .001* .004*
Delta BP(%); mean (SD) 15.3 (5.9) 18 (11) 14.7 (7.5) .62 .56 .33
Theta BP(%); mean (SD) 37 (14) 18.4 (7.9) 19 (12) .002 .002* .88
Alpha BP(%); mean (SD) 29 (11) 34 (15) 41 (13) .07 .44 .15
Beta BP(%); mean (SD) 19.2 (8.2) 29 (11) 25 (11) .22 .09 .39
UPDRS III; mean (SD) 30 (15), 5 9.2 (3.5) 8.0 (5.4) <.001 <.001 .62
MMSE; mean (SD) 28.33 (0.82) 27.9 (1.3) 28.6 (1.5) .48 .55 .23
AVLT A7; mean (SD) 5.4 (2.7) 7.9 (3.6) 7.8 (4.0) .43 .28 .98
Stroop Interference; mean (SD) −9.7 (9.9) −6.3 (4.5) −6.5 (6.6) .64 .44 .95
COWA; mean (SD) 44.2 (9.0) 29 (11) 40 (12) .06 .03 .04
JLO; mean (SD) 17.0 (5.6) 20.9 (4.0) 24.0 (4.1) .03 .20 .12
TMT-B; mean (SD) 198 (79) 209 (63) 116 (57) .002 .76 .002

ILBD=Incidental Lewy body disease; PD=Parkinson's disease without dementia. Rest EMG Discharge=rhythmic EMG discharges at rest; Activation EMG Discharge=rhythmic EMG modulation during postural muscle activation. BP=EEG bandpower.

*

Significant P values