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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs. 2016 Aug 9;45(5):749–756. doi: 10.1016/j.jogn.2016.05.002

Table 2.

Independent predictors of disease progression markers.

Outcome
1 year change in:
Women (ref:
Men)
Coefficient of change [standard error] Disease duration # of
comorbidities
Hoehn and Yahr (ref: Stage 1) Age
4&5 3 2
PDQ-39
Summary score 0.396 [0.322] −1.555 [0.842] 0.393 [0.589] −0.120 [0.515] 0.068 *** [0.017] −0.004 [0.027] −0.269* [0.121]
Mobility 0.293 [0.228] −2.648 ***[0.595] 0.200 *** [0.416] 0.226 ***[0.364] 0.067 *** [0.012] 0.050** [0.019] −0.199 [0.086]
ADL 0.255 [0.132] −0.052 [0.344] 0.203 [0.241] −0.138 [0.211] 0.030 *** [0.007] −0.006 [0.011] −0.080 [0.050]
Emotional well-being 0.128 [0.118] −0.277 [0.310] 0.277 [0.216] 0.153 [0.189] 0.026*** [0.006] 0.009 [0.010] −0.095* [0.045]
Stigma 0.009 [0.087] −0.30 [0.227] 0.002 [0.159] 0.015 [0.139] 0.006 [0.005] −0.11 [0.007] 0.004 [0.033]
Social support 0.039 [0.056] −0.358* [0.147] 0.030* [0.103] −0.041* [0.090] 0.003 [0.003] 0.000 [0.005] −0.010 [0.021]
Cognition 0.059 [0.081] −0.287 [0.213] 0.137 [0.148] −0.036 [0.130] 0.009* [0.004] −0.006 [0.007] −0.029 [0.031]
Pain −0.004 [0.077] −0.251 [0.202] −0.299 [0.141] −0.199 [0.124] 0.002 [0.004] −0.014* [0.006] −0.042 [0.029]
# of medications 0.004 [0.027] −0.130** [0.071] −0.097** [0.050] −0.032**[0.044] 0.001 [0.001] −0.014***[0.002] −0.011 [0.010]
Standardized TUG −0.048 [0.025] −0.151* [0.070] 0.051* [0.045] 0.052* [0.039] 0.003* [0.001] 0.008 *** [0.002] 0.005 [0.010]
Verbal fluency 0.155 [0.155] −0.885* [0.407] −0.429* [0.282] −0.058* [0.247] −0.018* [0.008] −0.032* [0.013] −0.062 [0.058]
Delayed recall 0.094* [0.042] −0.129 [0.110] −0.015 [0.076] 0.058 [0.067] −0.008 ***[0.002] −0.004 [0.004] −0.037* [0.016]

Note. Values represent coefficient of change for each predictor variable. Each model controls for all other listed variables.

*

p < 0.05;

**

p < 0.01;

***

p < 0.001