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. 2014 Mar 26;10:541–545. doi: 10.2147/NDT.S60450

Table 1.

Demographic and clinical features of Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients with and without suicidal ideation

Variables With suicidal ideation (n=14) Without suicidal ideation (n=106) P-values
Demographic
 Sex (male/female) 10/4 68/38 0.76
 Age, years* 56.7±9.9 62.2±8.8 0.06
 Education, years* 5.4±1.9 8.3±3.7 <0.001
 Marital status, % married 10.2 18.2 0.28
PD-related
 Duration, years* 10.5±6.7 6.7±1.8 0.003
 Age of PD onset, years* 46.2±6.8 55.3±9.5 <0.001
 Hoehn and Yahr stage* 2.4±0.7 2.1±0.7 0.136
 Schwab and England score* 74.2±13.4 81.4±9.9 0.018
 UPDRS motor score* 33.4±5.7 21.3±4.8 0.003
 UPDRS dyskinesia* 4.14±1.7 0.38±0.3 <0.001
 UPDRS motor fluctuation score* 2.86±0.3 0.62±0.2 0.003
 L-Dopa dosage, mg* 1284.29±373.8 672.4±363 0.015
Psychiatric
 HDRS score* 21.3±2.6 8.7±1.6 <0.001
 Presence of depression (% yes) 14 (100) 29 (27.6) <0.001
 Positive history of ICD (% yes) 10 (71.4) 18 (17.0) <0.001
 Suicide Probability Scale score* 74.7±8.4 56±14.7 <0.001

Note:

*

Values presented as means ± standard deviation.

Abbreviations: UPDRS, Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale; HDRS, Hamilton Depression Rating Scale; ICD, impulse-control disorder.