Table 1.

Description of the participants

PD group
Patient	Gender, M/F	Age, years	Symptom Onset, R/L	Years since diagnosis	UPDRS motor score	Total LEDD, mg
1	F	72	R	3.5	11	300
2	F	73	L	4.5	18	480
3	F	72	L	4	38	300
4	F	70	Bilateral	0.8	13	500
5	M	72	R	4.6	15	167
6	M	69	Bilateral	1.6	8	195
7	M	79	R	2.2	8	500
8	M	67	L	7.6	5	737.5
9	M	71	R	3.1	21	400
10	F	55	R	2.2	2	250
11	F	63	R	4.7	18	700
Mean	F (6)	67.5±7.4
Mean	M(5)	71.6±4.6

CO group
Control	Gender, M/F	Age, years
1	M	56
2	F	58
3	F	67
4	F	54
5	M	77
6	M	78
7	M	69
8	F	71
9	M	64
10	M	63
11	F	61
Mean	F (5)	62.1±7.1
Mean	M (6)	68.0±8.4

M/F: male/females, R/L: right/left, LEDD: levodopa equivalent daily dose, UPDRS: Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale.