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. 2016 Nov;87(11):1183–1190. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2016-313642

Table 6.

Clinical correlates in 2611 recent-onset Parkinson's disease cases according to the use of statin medication stratified by the presence of future cardiovascular risk and existing cardiovascular disease

Vascular disease, n=375 QRISK2 ≥10%, n=1646
Variable Statin use, n=280 No statin use, n=95 Unadjusted p value Adjusted p value Statin use, n=450 No statin use, n=1196 Unadjusted p value Adjusted p value
Age 72.5 (7.2) 72.0 (8.7) 0.57 0.60* 71.4 (6.6) 70.0 (6.4) <0.001 <0.001*
Sex 221 (78.9%) 63 (66.3%) 0.014 0.017† 340 (75.6%) 840 (70.2%) 0.033 0.004†
Disease duration 1.4 (1.0) 1.2 (0.8) 0.071 0.078‡ 1.3 (1.0) 1.3 (0.9) 0.76 0.60‡
UPDRS 3 26.8 (12.3) 26.5 (12.2) 0.82 0.89§ 24.9 (11.6) 23.9 (11.7) 0.17 0.81§
Motor subtype
 TD 108 (42.0%) 29 (34.1%) 230 (54.1%) 530 (47.7%)
 PIGD 116 (45.1%) 48 (56.5%) 0.11 0.16§ 144 (33.9%) 434 (39.1%) 0.031 0.009§
 Mixed 33 (12.8%) 8 (9.4%) 0.82 0.58§ 51 (12.0%) 147 (13.2%) 0.22 0.39§
MoCA
 Total 24.2 (3.6) 23.9 (3.3) 0.48 0.23§ 24.0 (3.8) 25.1 (3.4) <0.001 <0.001§
 Normal 169 (63.3%) 47 (51.6%) 0.095 0.043§ 249 (59.6%) 831 (73.8%) <0.001 <0.001§
 MCI 42 (15.7%) 22 (24.2%) 75 (17.9%) 149 (13.2%)
 Dementia 56 (21.0%) 22 (24.2%) 94 (22.5%) 146 (13.0%)
LEDD 317 (210) 304 (176) 0.57 0.57§ 275 (203) 294 (206) 0.11 0.025§
Smoking
 Non-smoker 109 (44.7%) 49 (56.3%) 0.12 0.20§ 215 (52.1%) 611 (55.1%) 0.31 0.41§
 Ex-smoker 127 (52.0%) 33 (37.9%) 183 (44.3%) 457 (41.2%)
 Current smoker 8 (3.3%) 5 (5.7%) 15 (3.6%) 40 (3.6%)

Data are mean (SD) or number (percentage) unless otherwise stated.

*Adjusted for disease duration and sex.

†Adjusted for age and disease duration.

‡Adjusted for age and sex.

§Adjusted for age, sex, disease duration and coffee use.

MCI, mild cognitive impairment; MoCA, Montreal cognitive assessment; PIGD, postural instability gait difficulty; TD, tremor dominant; UPDRS 3, Movement Disorder Society unified Parkinson's disease rating scale part 3.