Table 2.
Pearson correlations between total average number of Purdue Pegboard Test scores and other factors a
|
Data parameters |
PD patients (
n
= 45) |
Controls (
n
= 50) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Correlation coefficient ( t ) | P | Correlation coefficient ( t ) | P | |
| Age (yr) |
-0.127 |
0.405 |
-0.633 |
0.0001c |
| Sex (% male) |
-0.196 |
0.845 |
-1.715 |
0.093 |
| H&Y stage |
-0.326 |
0.029b |
NA |
NA |
| UPDRS part III score |
-0.620 |
0.0001c |
NA |
NA |
| UPDRS total score |
-0.579 |
0.0001c |
NA |
NA |
| MMSE score |
0.100 |
0.519 |
0.070 |
0.758 |
| MoCA score |
0.237 |
0.135 |
0.312 |
0.158 |
| Course of disease | -0.229 | 0.160 | NA | NA |
aH&Y, Hoehn and Yahr stage; MMSE, Mini Mental State Examination; MoCA, Montreal Cognitive Assessment; PD, Parkinson’s disease; UPDRS, Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale. bP < 0.05, cP < 0.01.