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. 2016 Aug 29;2016:9646057. doi: 10.1155/2016/9646057

Table 1.

Demographics and main risk factors in our study population.

 Variable  Group p
Total n = 600 PD n = 300 Control n = 300
Sex ns
Male (%) 50.5 51 50
Female (%) 49.5 49 50

Age at interview ns
Mean ± st. dev. 72.8 ± 10.3 70.6 ± 10.4 69.4 ± 9.4
40–70 y (%) 49.7 47 53
71–100 y (%) 50.3 53 47

Family history of PD <0.000001
Negative (%) 87.2 80.3 94
Positive (%) 12.8 19.7 6

Toxicants exposure <0.001
No (%) 62 56 67.3
Yes (%) 38 44 32.7

Smoking status <0.00001
Never (%) 48.8 58.3 39.3
Former (%) 15.7 8.7 22.7
Current (%) 35.5 33 38

Alcohol consumption <0.05
No (%) 51.5 58.3 44.7
<200 mL/day (%) 45.8 38.7 53.0
200–500 mL/day (%) 2.7 3.0 2.3