Table 2. Comparisons of estimated NMSS total and domain scores1 by study group.
Study Group | F-test p-value | Pair-wise Comparison p-values3 | ||||||
PD | C | HFS | PD vs C | PD vs HFS | HFS vs C | |||
NMSS total score | 37.9 (±2.6) | 11.2 (±0.9) | 18.0 (±2.1) | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | 0.003 | |
Domains | ||||||||
Cardiovascular domain | 1.0 (±0.2) | 0.3 (±0.1) | 0.3 (±0.1) | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | 0.001 | 0.884 | |
Sleep/fatigue domain | 8.2 (±0.8) | 2.5 (±0.3) | 4.3 (±0.7) | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | 0.002 | 0.016 | |
Mood domain | 9.2 (±1.2) | 1.9 (±0.3) | 3.5 (±0.8) | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | 0.001 | 0.064 | |
Perceptual problems/hallucinations domain | 1.0 (±0.2) | 0.05 (±0.02) | 0.1 (±0.1) | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | 0.0003 | 0.642 | |
Attention/memoryDomain | 3.5 (±0.3) | 1.9 (±0.2) | 2.9 (±0.5) | 0.0003 | 0.0002 | 0.536 | 0.091 | |
Gastrointestinal domain | 3.2 (±0.5) | 0.2 (±0.1) | 0.3 (±0.1) | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | 0.924 | |
Urinary domain | 5.1 (±0.6) | 1.8 (±0.3) | 3.4 (±0.6) | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | 0.158 | 0.016 | |
Sexual function domain2 | 1.4 (±0.2) | 0.8 (±0.1) | 0.7 (±0.2) | 0.003 | 0.010 | 0.028 | 0.953 | |
Miscellaneous domain | 5.1 (±0.6) | 1.6 (±0.2) | 2.0 (±0.4) | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | 0.648 |
PD: Parkinson's disease patients; C: Healthy controls; HFS: Hemifacial spasm patients.
Estimated mean scores adjusted for age and sex (± standard error) using GLIM negative binomial model 2Estimated percentages adjusted for age, sex and presence of diabetes mellitus (± standard error) using logistic regression model.
Tukey-Kramer adjusted p-values.