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. 2015 Oct 2;10(10):e0138997. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138997

Table 1. Demographics information and numbers of non-motor symptoms in NPRBD and PRBD groups.

NPRBD group PRBD group P
Number (cases) 143 67
Male/Total [cases/total (%)] 77/143 (53.85%) 38/67 (56.72%) 0.697
Age [years, median (quartile)] 59.59 ± 10.63 60.91 ± 11.69 0.464
Age of disease onset (years, mean ± SD) 56.60 ± 11.36 55.93 ± 11.72 0.702
Disease duration [years, median (quartile)] 2.00 (1.00~4.00) 3.00 (1.35~6.00) 0.004 **
Hoehn-Yahr stage [stage, median (quartile)] 1.50 (1.50~2.50) 2.00 (1.50~2.50) 0.040 *
UPDRS III [points, mean ± SD] 22.18 ± 9.271 28.59 ± 15.218 0.005 **
Clinical phenotype [cases/total (%)]
Tremor type 44/143 (30.77%) 14/67 (20.90%) 0.136
Rigidity-bradykinesia type 17/143 (11.89%) 16/67 (23.88%) 0.026 *
Mixed type 82/143 (57.34%) 37/67 (55.22%) 0.773
Total numbers of NMS (cases, mean ± SD) 8.41 ± 5.27 11.17 ± 5.96 0.005 **
Numbers of pre-MS NMS [cases, median (quartile)] 1.00 (0~3.00) 2.00 (0.00~4.50) 0.083
Numbers of post-MS NMS [cases, median (quartile)] 5.00 (2.00~10.00) 7.00 (3.25~12.00) 0.067
Levodopa equivalent dose(mg, mean ±SD) 312.87 ± 101.67 331.12 ± 87.76 0.601

*: P<0.05,

**: P<0.01.