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. 2016 Dec 16;88(3):212–217. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2016-314524

Table 1.

Demographic, intermediate marker and risk information on higher and lower risk participants seen in person compared with those that were not seen

Higher risk seen Higher risk not seen p Value Lower risk seen Lower risk not seen p Value
n 74 75 111 770
Age (95% CI) 72.2 (69.0 to 75.5) 70.8 (68.1 to 74.0) 0.252 64.9 (62.8 to 66.6) 67.1 (64.9 to 70.6) <0.001
Male gender (%) 63 (85.1) 54 (72.0) 0.072 31 (27.9) 243 (31.6) 0.511
First-degree relative (%) 36 (48.6) 22 (29.3) 0.019 9 (8.1) 107 (13.9) 0.100
Current smoker (%) 1 (1.4) 0 (0) 0.497 11 (9.9) 17 (2.2) <0.001
Past smoker (%) 38 (51.4) 31 (41.3) 0.252 51 (45.9) 293 (38.1) 0.119
Diabetes mellitus (%) 8 (10.8) 4 (5.3) 0.245 8 (7.2) 33 (4.3) 0.222
High cholesterol (%) 33 (44.6) 31 (41.3) 0.742 35 (31.5) 213 (27.7) 0.430
Ischaemic Heart disease (%) 13 (17.6) 11 (14.7) 0.662 3 (2.7) 31 (4) 0.791
Hypertension (%) 34 (45.9) 27 (36) 0.246 40 (36) 228 (29.6) 0.186
Drink coffee (%) 65 (87.8) 71 (94.7) 0.159 108 (97.3) 694 (90.1) 0.012
Drink alcohol (%) 67 (90.5) 66 (88) 0.792 101 (91) 674 (87.5) 0.351
Constipation (%) 22 (29.7) 29 (38.7) 0.301 17 (15.3) 113 (14.7) 0.776
Anxiety/depression (%) 14 (18.9) 15 (20) 0.999 13 (11.7) 87 (11.3) 0.873
Head injury (%) 36 (48.6) 36 (48) 0.999 26 (23.4) 218 (28.3) 0.309
Hyposmia ≤27/40 on UPSIT (109 available) 13 of 56 (23.2%) 16 of 53 (30.2%) 0.666 (653 available) 8 of 88 (9.1%) 76 of 565 (13.3%) 0.307
Subjective RBD ≥5 on RBDSQ (147 available) 18 of 75 (24.0%) 10 of 72 (13.8%) 0.141 (880 available) 14 of 112 (12.5%) 81 of 768 (10.5%) 0.513
Slow finger tapping KS ≤44 taps in 30 s (124 available) 21 of 67 (31.3%) 12 of 57 (21.1%) 0.161 (749 available) 12 of 92 (13.0%) 100 of 657 (15.2%) 0.754
Risk estimate year 1 (IQR) 9.9 (6.9–15.1) 15.3 (12.3–18.2) <0.001 136.8 (54.3–207.3) 78.1 (48.2–118.7) <0.001
Rank year 1 (IQR) 54 (25–100) 103 (71–133) <0.001 860 (424–1001) 580 (373–784) <0.001

Information from survey answers in year 1. Hypertension defined according to self-report or use of diuretics, ACE inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blocking drugs, calcium channel blockers, and beta blockers (including propranolol, atenolol, bisoprolol, but not sotalol or timolol). High cholesterol defined according to self-report or statin use. Diabetes mellitus defined according to self-report or use of metformin, gliclazide or insulin.

UPSIT, University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test; RBDSQ, RBD screening questionnaire; KS, kinesia score.