Table 5.

l-DOPA responses with the two measuring tools.

UPDRS improvement cut off	PD (n = 47)				MSA (n = 17)				PSP n(9)
	≥6 p	≥10 p	≥30%	≥50%	≥6 p	≥10 p	≥30%	≥50%	≥6 p	≥10 p	≥30%	≥50%
Positive in PLM	34	34	34	34	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
Negative in PLM	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	7	7	7	7
Positive in UPDRS	40	35	34	28	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
Negative in UPDRS	7	12	13	19	13	17	16	17	7	9	9	9
Concordant positive in PLM (%)	64	57	55	47	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0
Concordant negative in PLM (%)	6	11	11	15	59	82	76	82	67	78	78	78
Discordant (%)	30	32	34	38	41	18	24	18	22	22	22	22