Table 1.
Demographics of the study population
| Idiopathic PD | Controls | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total participants | 128 | 226 | 354 | ||||
| Mean age | 69.01 y/o | 62.57 y/o | 64.89 y/o | ||||
| Women | 40 | 122 | 165 | ||||
| Mean age | 68.85 y/o | 61.73 y/o | 63.49 y/o | ||||
| Men | 88 | 104 | 194 | ||||
| Mean age | 69.07 y/o | 63.53 y/o | 66.07 y/o | ||||
| Tobacco smoking | |||||||
| Never smokers | 75 (58.59%) | 99 (43.81%) | 174 (49.15%) | ||||
| Ever smokers | 50 (39.07%) | 127 (56.19%) | 177 (50.00%) | ||||
| Not known | 3 ( 2.34%) | 0 (0.00%) | 3 (0.85 %) | ||||
| Total | 128 (100%) | 226 (100%) | 354 (100%) | ||||
| Ethnicity | |||||||
| White | 121 | (90.63%) | 198 | 87.61% | 314 | 88.70% | |
| African American | 1 | (0.78%) | 11 | 4.87% | 12 | 3.39% | |
| Hispanic | 3 | (2.34%) | 1 | 0.44% | 4 | 1.13% | |
| Asian | 4 | (3.13%) | 4 | 1.77% | 8 | 2.26% | |
| Native American | 1 | (0.78%) | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.28% | |
| Multiethnic | 3 | (2.34%) | 12 | 5.31% | 15 | 4.24% | |
| Total | 133 | (100.00%) | 226 | 100.00% | 354 | 100.00% | |