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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 9.
Published in final edited form as: Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2012 Jan;18(0 1):S222–S225. doi: 10.1016/S1353-8020(11)70068-2

Table.

Demographic and clinical features of Parkinson patients with and without pain

PD with Pain (n=269) PD without Pain (n=632) p value Multivariate analysis


No. (%) No. (%) OR (95%CI) p value
Age at enrollment (vs. <65 years) 128 (47.6) 274 (43.4) 0.37 Reference 0.46

 65–74 years 92 (34.2) 220 (34.8) 0.88 (0.63–1.23)

 ≥75 years 49 (18.2) 135 (21.8) 0.78 (0.52–1.17)

Male, n (%) 151 (56.1) 411 (65.0) 0.01 0.74 (0.54–1.01) 0.06

Education, years (vs 0–6) 54 (20.1) 150 (23.7) 0.48 Reference 0.13

 7–12 125 (46.5) 277 (43.8) 1.39 (0.93–2.09)

 ≥13 90 (33.5) 205 (32.4) 1.54 (1.00–2.37)

PD duration, years (vs <5) 151 (56.1) 400 (63.3) 0.10 Reference 0.51

 5–9 82 (30.5) 153 (24.2) 1.17 (0.82–1.66)

 ≥10 36 (13.4) 79 (12.5) 0.89 (0.55–1.45)

HY stage (vs stage I) 44 (20.4) 129 (16.4) 0.01

 stage II 159 (63.5) 401 (59.1)

 stage III 66 (16.1) 102 (24.5)

L-dopa use 38 (14.1) 126 (19.9) 0.04 Reference 0.12

 Yes 231 (85.9) 506 (80.1) 1.40 (0.91–2.15)

Motor fluctuation (vs no) 218 (81.0) 544 (86.4) 0.26 Reference 0.75

 Yes 51 (19.0) 86 (13.6) 1.08 (0.69–1.68)

Dyskinesias (vs no) 135 (87.4) 603 (95.4) <0.001 Reference <0.001

 Yes 34 (12.6) 29 (4.6) 2.66 (1.50–4.73)

Depression (vs no) 44 (79.2) 46 (91.5) <0.001 Reference <.0001

 Yes 56 (20.8) 54 (8.5) 2.88 (1.87–4.44)

HY stage was not included in the multivariate analysis due to colinearity. When HY stage, but not PD duration, was included in the multivariate logistic regression model, the OR comparing higher HY stage with stage I was 1.11 (95%CI 0.74–1.66) for stage II, 1.59 (95%CI 0.95–2.68) for stage III