Table 2.
Degree of SDD Severity and Slip Severity
| SDD Measure/Group Difference | Slow Walkers |
Fast Walkers |
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| Unadjusted |
Adjusted for Age | Unadjusted |
Adjusted for Age |
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| [Correlation] or Mean Difference ± SE | p Value | [Correlation] or Mean Difference ± SE | p Value | [Correlation] or Mean Difference ± SE | p Value | [Correlation] or Mean Difference ± SE | p Value | |
| Caudate nucleus | ||||||||
| Numeric BPIT value | [.15] | .4645 | [.06] | .7586 | [−.34] | .1010 | [−.47] | .0239 |
| Overall three-group comparison | — | .0593 | — | .0882 | — | .0393 | — | .0037 |
| Mild vs moderate | 0.25 ± 0.23 | .2868 | 0.26 ± 0.28 | .3569 | −0.55 ± 0.25 | .0417 | −0.97 ± 0.29 | .0031 |
| Mild vs severe | 0.31 ± 0.21 | .1522 | 0.30 ± 0.30 | .3306 | −0.72 ± 0.28 | .0167 | −1.19 ± 0.32 | .0013 |
| Moderate vs severe | 0.56 ± 0.23 | .0202 | 0.56 ± 0.24 | .0299 | −0.17 ± 0.25 | .5212 | −0.22 ± 0.23 | .3563 |
| Putamen | ||||||||
| Numeric BPIT value | [.08] | .6932 | [−.04] | .8579 | [−.23] | .2720 | [−.36] | .0889 |
| Overall three-group comparison | — | .4399 | — | .5652 | — | .3678 | — | .1588 |
| Mild vs moderate | 0.33 ± 0.26 | .2261 | 0.26 ± 0.34 | .4587 | −0.35 ± 0.28 | .2162 | −0.72 ± 0.38 | .0734 |
| Mild vs severe | 0.05 ± 0.22 | .8159 | −0.02 ± 0.31 | .9560 | −0.40 ± 0.32 | .2216 | −0.81 ± 0.43 | .0752 |
| Moderate vs severe | −0.27 ± 0.25 | .2899 | −0.27 ± 0.26 | .3040 | −0.05 ± 0.29 | .8694 | −0.09 ± 0.29 | .7501 |
Note: BPIT = bolus-plus-infusion transformation; SDD = striatal dopaminergic denervation.