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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 3.
Published in final edited form as: Mov Disord. 2005 Sep;20(9):1133–1142. doi: 10.1002/mds.20513

TABLE 3.

Frequency of UPDRS Motor symptoms by sex and age group

Age at exam (yr) N Speech (UPDRS 18) Tremor (UPDRS 21) Rigidity (UPDRS 22) Bradykinesia (UPDRS 23–27, 31) Posture (UPDRS 28) Gait (UPDRS 29) Postural Instability (UPDRS 30)
 <60 28 12 (42.9) 16 (57.1) 28 (100) 26 (92.9) 18 (64.3) 24 (85.7) 9 (32.1)
 60–69 40 26 (65.0) 18 (45.0) 37 (92.5) 38 (95.0) 27 (67.5) 35 (87.5) 8 (20.0)
 70–79 69 41 (59.3) 28 (40.6) 63 (91.3) 67 (97.1) 59 (85.5) 59 (85.5) 32 (46.4)
 >80 25 18 (72.0) 13 (52.0) 21 (84.0) 24 (96.0) 21 (84.0) 23 (92.0) 17 (68.0)
 Total 162 97 (59.9) 75 (46.3) 149 (92.0) 155 (95.7) 125 (77.2) 141 (87.0) 66 (40.7)

Values are expressed as n (%), unless otherwise indicated.

UPDRS, Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale.