Table V.
Results of logistic regression analyzing severity of pain in relation to other clinical and demographic predictors.
| 95%CI for Exp (B) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | Std Error | Wald | df | Sig. | Exp (B) | Lower Bound | Upper Bound | ||
| Low / moderate severity | Intercept | 1.512 | 2.325 | 0.423 | 1 | 0.516 | -- | -- | -- |
| Gender | −0.421 | 0.704 | 0.358 | 1 | 0.550 | 0.656 | 0.165 | 2.607 | |
| Age diag. | −0.034 | 0.033 | 1.074 | 1 | 0.300 | 0.967 | 0.907 | 1.031 | |
| Dis. dur. | −0.074 | 0.137 | 0.291 | 1 | 0.589 | 0.929 | 0.710 | 1.215 | |
| UPDRS | 0.502 | 0.409 | 1.509 | 1 | 0.219 | 1.652 | 0.741 | 3.682 | |
| H&Y | 0.261 | 0.610 | 0.183 | 1 | 0.669 | 1.298 | 0.393 | 4.290 | |
| High severity | Intercept | 0.549 | 2.467 | 0.050 | 1 | 0.824 | -- | -- | -- |
| Gender | −0.602 | 0.728 | 0.685 | 1 | 0.408 | 0.548 | 0.132 | 2.280 | |
| Age diag. | −0.032 | 0.035 | 0.853 | 1 | 0.356 | 0.968 | 0.904 | 1.037 | |
| Dis. dur. | 0.071 | 0.131 | 0.297 | 1 | 0.586 | 1.074 | 0.831 | 1.388 | |
| UPDRS | 0.697 | 0.432 | 2.597 | 1 | 0.107 | 2.007 | 0.860 | 4.684 | |
| H&Y | 0.153 | 0.638 | 0.058 | 1 | 0.810 | 1.165 | 0.334 | 4.068 | |
| Dull pain | 2.908 | 1.251 | 5.407 | 1 | 0.020* | 0.055 | 0.005 | 0.633 | |
Abbreviations: Age diag.=age at PD diagnosis; Dis. dur.=duration of PD; UPDRS=score on UPDRS-III, the motor section of the Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale; H&Y=Hoehn and Yahr stage of PD.
*
significant values (p=0.05)