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. 2020 Jul 1;15(7):e0234845. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0234845

Table 2. Baseline characteristics and percentage of participants with a source of PD information according to cohort (AMIGO, EPIC-NL, Combined).

AMIGO EPIC-NL Combined
Total N 14829 40011 54825
Age (median, IQR) 51.0 (43.0–59.0) 51.4 (41.9–57.6) 51.4 (42.3–58.0)
Female (%) 8268 (55.8%) 29751 (74.4%) 38007 (69.3%)
Past smoker (%) 5744 (38.8%) 12440 (31.2%) 18179 (33.3%)
Current smoker (%) 2322 (15.7%) 12164 (30.5%) 14484 (26.5%)
Questionnaire data:
Self-reported PD medication use (%) 32 (0.2%) 87 (0.2%) 119 (0.2%)
Self-reported PD doctor diagnosis (%) 26 (0.2%) 112 (0.3%) 138 (0.3%)
Tanner score 2–4 (%) 1874 (12.6%) 3068 (7.7%) 4939 (9.0%)
Tanner score ≥ 5 (%) 242 (1.6%) 547 (1.4%) 789 (1.4%)
Tanner score 2011 (mean, sd) 0.60 (1.12) 1.03 (1.48) 0.81(1.33)
Tanner score 2015 (mean, sd) 0.54 (1.05) - 0.54 (1.05)
Registry data:
HDR PD diagnosis (%) - 94 (0.2%) 94 (0.2%)
EMR PD (%) 133 (0.9%) - 133 (0.2%)
    EMR PD ICPC diagnosis (%) 21 (0.1%) - 21 (0.1%)
    EMR PD ATC medication (%) 130 (0.9%) - 130 (0.2%)
PD on death certificate (%) 1 (0.0%) 37 (0.1%) 38 (0.1%)

Participants may have multiple sources of PD information.

Age, Age at study entry; PD, Parkinson’s Disease; EMR, electronic medical records; HDR, hospital discharge registry; SD, standard deviation; IQR, Interquartile range; N, sample size; ATC, Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical; ICPC, International Classification of Primary Care.