Table 1.
Clinical and laboratory findings of patients.
| No. | IPD | DLB | PAF | MSA | Controls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 10 | |
| Age | |||||
| Mean ± SD years | 70 ± 3 | 75 ± 6 | 67 ± 10 | 66 ± 9 | 70 ± 3 |
| Sex | |||||
| male:female | 08:07 | 08:04 | 04:01 | 08:03 | 06:04 |
| Dis. Dur. | |||||
| Mean ± SD years | 6 ± 4 | 4 ± 2 | 7 ± 1 | 5 ± 1 | — |
| OH (%) | 0 | 42 | 100 | 100 | 0 |
| UPDRS | 28 ± 8 | 11 ± 3 | 0 | 25 ± 3 (5°) | 0 |
| RBD (%) | 15 | 80 | 0 | 82 | 0 |
| Abnormal Cardiac MIBG (%) | 100 (3) | 100 (4) | 100 | 0 (4) | — |
| Abnormal DatScan (%) | 100 | 100 (10) | 0 | 60 (7) | — |
| Brainstem abnormalities (MR) (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | — |
Dis.Dur. = disease duration; UPDRS-III = motor examination; OH = orthostatic hypotension; RBD = rem behavioral sleep disorder; the number in brackets represents the number of patients in whom the test was performed; °patients with MSA-P variant.