Table 1.
Demographic and self-report characteristics of the patient and control groups
| PD patients (N = 58) | Non-PD peers (N = 68) | t(df) | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Range | M (SD) | Range | M (SD) | |||
| Age (years) | 60–79 | 67.91 (5.10) | 60–83 | 69.60 (5.53) | 1.77 (124) | .079 |
| Education (years) | 10–22 | 15.79 (2.95) | 9–24 | 15.61 (3.02) | −.43 (124) | .672 |
| MMSE score | 26–30 | 28.86 (1.13) | 26–30 | 29.26 (0.91) | 2.22 (124) | .029* |
| GDS score | 0–26 | 5.13 (5.54) | 0–14 | 4.4 (3.41) | −.897 (99.67) | .372 |
| UPDRS 1 | 8–70 | 29.55 (14.41) | 0–6 | 3.19 (2.04) | −9.26 (75) | <.001** |
*
p < 0.05
PD = Parkinson’s Disease
MMSE = Mini Mental State Exam
GDS = Geriatric Depression Scale
UPDRS – Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale
1
UPDRS scores were collected for a subset of participants (N = 77; non-PD = 26, PD = 51)