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. 2016 Feb 1;17:6. doi: 10.1186/s12868-016-0240-4

Table 2.

Clinical comparative study of 27 STN-DBS patients in relation with presence/absence of G2019S mutations

MC (n = 15) NC (n = 12) p
Age groups (years) 56.2 ± 8.8 54.5 ± 7.1 0.59
Age at onset of PD (years) 40.1 ± 9.4 40.3 ± 8.2 0.97
Duration of disease (years) 16.1 ± 3.0 14.3 ± 2.7 0.10
MMSE (maximum score 30) 25.3 ± 3.1 26.2 ± 2.7 0.60
Duration of honeymoon (years) 3.8 ± 1.7 5.4 ± 2.6 0.08
Duration of STN-stimulation (years) 5.1 ± 1.4 4.1 ± 1.3 0.09

PD parkinson’s disease, MMSE Mini Mental State Examination, STN subthalamic nucleus, MC mutation carriers, NC non mutation carriers