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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 9.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Neurosci. 2013 Jun 26;20(9):1200–1203. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2012.10.030

Table 3.

Association of modified Rankin scale with other measures of Parkinson’s disease disability in a multivariate analysis

Association
with
modified
Rankin score		 p value for
multivariate
analysis (BDI
continuous)		 p value for
multivariate
analysis (BDI
dichotomized
at ≥9)		 p value for
multivariate
analysis (BDI
dichotomized
at ≥14)
UPDRS I/mental 0.68 0.98 0.94
UPDRS II/ADL <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
UPDRS III/motor 0.01 0.02 0.02
BDI 0.01 0.04 0.08
TFC <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
Symbol digit modalities 0.06 0.05 0.05
EQ-5D 0.22 0.18 0.12
PDQ-39 0.01 <0.001 <0.001
S&E* <0.001 <0.001 <0.001

ADL = activities of daily living, BDI = Beck Depression Inventory, PDQ-39 = Parkinson’s disease questionnaire, S&E = Schwab and England Activities of Daily Living scale, TFC = Total Functional Capacity, UPDRS = Unified Parkinson Disease Rating Scale.

*

S&E was dichotomized by <100 (n = 1465) versus = 100 (n = 275).