Table 3.
Patient characteristics.
| Non-PD group | PD group | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Age | Sex | Frailty | Comorbid spine problems | Case | Age | Sex | Frailty | Comorbid spine problems | H&Y stage (on/off) |
| 1 | 84 | F | Frailty | Mild LCS | 1 | 75 | F | Frailty | Lumbar spondylosis (L4,5) | III/IV |
| 2 | 79 | M | Pre-frailty | LCS s/p laminectomy | 2 | 63 | F | Pre-frailty | None | IV/IV |
| 3 | 87 | F | Frailty | LCS s/p PLIF | 3 | 65 | F | Pre-frailty | None | III/III |
| 4 | 46 | F | Pre-frailty | Spina bifida | 4 | 61 | M | Pre-frailty | None | IV/IV |
| 5 | 73 | F | Frailty | Mild LCS | 5 | 60 | M | Pre-frailty | None | IV/IV |
| 6 | 67 | M | Pre-frailty | Vertebral compression fx (L2) | 6 | 66 | M | Pre-frailty | Mild LCS | IV/IV |
| 7 | 83 | F | Pre-frailty | Vertebral compression fx (L5) | 7 | 76 | F | Frailty | None | IV/IV |
| 8 | 71 | M | Pre-frailty | LCS s/p PLIF | 8 | 83 | M | Frailty | Mild LCS | III/III |
| 73.8 ± 13.2 | 3 males 5 females |
68.6 ± 8.3 | 4 males 4 females |
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fx, fracture; H&Y stage, Hoehn and Yahr stage; LCS, lumbar canal stenosis; PD, Parkinson's disease; PLIF, posterior lumbar interbody fusion; s/p, status post.