Table 1.

Demographic data.

	Controls	PD	p-Value
N	50	95
% Female	38	32
Age (years)	67.8 (8.0)	68.7 (7.7)	0.947
Height (cm)	171.7 (9.8)	174.2 (10.2)	0.176
Mass (kg)	73.8 (14.6)	79.5 (15.2)	0.033
miniBEST	24.6 (2.2)	18.4 (4.7)	<0.001
TUG time (s)	18.3 (3.1)	23.2 (10.0)	0.001
MoCA	26.8 (1.9)	25.5 (3.6)	0.019
SCOPA-COG	32.0 (3.5)	28.1 (5.6)	<0.001
Fall in the past year (%)	12	38
Disease duration (years)	–	7.0 (5.2)
MDS-UPDRS part III	–	40.4 (12.9)
PIGD score	–	5.0 (3.2)
H&Y (range)	–	2–3
N with freezing of gait	–	26

Where applicable, groups were compared using independent sample t-tests and a significance level of 0.05.

Bold values indicate significant differences between PD and control subjects.

PD, Parkinson’s disease; miniBEST, mini Balance Evaluation Systems Test; MoCA, Montreal Cognitive Assessment; PIGD, Posture Instability and Gait Disability.