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. 2014 Sep 30;14:278. doi: 10.1186/s12888-014-0278-8

Table 2.

Association between major depressive disorder and Parkinson's disease and other clinical correlates

Variables Total no (%) Depression OR (95% CI) p value
Yes No
Age of PD onset (years)
<40 10(9.6%) 4(40.0%) 6(60.0%) 1 0.813
41-50 20(19.2%) 9(45.0%) 11(55.0%) 1.22(0.26-5.73)
51-60 42(40.4%) 13(31.0%) 29(69.0%) 0.67(0.16-2.79)
61-70 26(25.0%) 11(42.3%) 15(57.7%) 1.10(0.24-4.85)
>70 6(5.8%) 2(33.3%) 4(66.7%) 0.75(0.09-6.23)
Duration of PD (years)
< 5 42(40.4%) 28(66.7%) 14(33.3%) 1 0.114
5 to 10 28(26.9%) 13(46.4%) 15(53.6%) 2.30(0.86-6.15)
> 10 34(32.7%) 24(70.6%) 10(29.4%) 0.83(0.31-2.21)
Levodopa dose (mg/day)
< 250 15(14.4%) 4(26.7%) 11(73.3%) 1 0.8
250 - 500 41(39.4%) 16(39.0%) 25(61.0%) 1.76(0.47-6.49)
500 - 750 22(21.2%) 10(45.5%) 12(54.5%) 2.29(0.55-9.47)
750 - 1000 15(14.4%) 5(33.3%) 10(66.7%) 1.37(0.28-6.60)
1000 - 1250 9(8.7%) 4(44.4%) 5(55.6%) 2.20(0.38-12.57)
Ropinirole treatment
Yes 21(20.2%) 11(52.4%) 10(47.6%) 10(47.6%) 0.115
No 83(79.8%) 28(33.7%) 55(66.3%) 55(66.3%)
Diabetes
Yes 12(11.5%) 9(75.0%) 3(25.0%) 6.2(1.56-24.5) 0.004
No 92(88.5%) 30(32.6%) 62(67.4%) 1
Significant chronic medical illness comorbid with PD
Yes 48(46.2%) 22(45.8%) 26(54.2%) 1.96 0.086
No 56(53.8%) 17(30.4%) 39(69.6%) 1
Hoehn-Yahr stage
I and II 24(23.1%) 2(8.3%) 22(91.7%) 1 0.003
III 55(52.9%) 27(49.1%) 28(50.9%) 10.61(2.27-49.53)
IV and V 25(24.0%) 10(40.0%) 15(60.0%) 7.33(1.40-38.33)
Schwab-England score (%)
≥80 43(41.4%) 8(18.6%) 35(81.4%) 1 0.008
50-70 45(43.3%) 24(53.3%) 21(46.7%) 5.00(1.90-13.13)
30-40 12(11.5%) 5(41.7%) 7(58.3%) 3.12(0.78-12.43)
≤20 4(3.8%) 2(50.0%) 2(50.0%) 4.37(0.53-35.90)
Caregiver
Independent 25(24.0%) 5(20.0%) 20(80.0%) 1 0.038
Dependent 79(76.0%) 34(43.0%) 45(57.0%) 3.02(1.03-8.86)

OR – Odds ratio.