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. 2019 Mar 7;42(6):zsz062. doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsz062

Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of participants

Variable PD-RBD PD-nRBD Controls P
Age, y 66.7 (7.6) 63.1 (8.9) 63.3 (8.1) 0.36*
Men, n (%) 10 (67) 5 (33) 25 (61) 0.14
Education, y 14.2 (3.6) 15.7 (3.9) 14.6 (4.1) 0.56*
PD duration, diagnosis, y 3.9 (2.9) 3.7 (2.6) 0.85
% tonic REM sleep motor activity 56.3 (33.8) 23.0 (32.5) 0.01 §
% phasic REM sleep motor activity 38.6 (17.3) 19.8 (16.9) 0.004 §
UPDRS-III, total “ON” state 24.1 (10.0) 17.6 (8.5) 0.08
Levodopa equivalent dosage, mg 625.2 (347.1) 447.8 (171.5) 0.65§
Levodopa use, % 87 93 0.54||
Dopamine agonist use, % 47 40 0.71||
MCI, % 53 27 0.14||

Data are presented as mean (SD). Bold values represent significant between-group differences.

MCI = mild cognitive impairment; PD-RBD = Parkinson’s disease with REM sleep behavior disorder; PD-nRBD = PD without RBD; UPDRS-III = Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale, Part III.

*Analysis of variance.

Fisher–Freeman–Halton exact test for contingency.

Student’s t-test.

§Mann–Whitney U test.

||Chi-squared test.