Table 1.
Clinical and demographic characteristics.
| Control | PD Older | PD Younger | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | p | ||
| Gender | female | 6 | 28.6 | 22 | 38.6 | 13 | 31.0 | 0.612 |
| male | 15 | 71.4 | 35 | 61.4 | 29 | 69.0 | ||
| Marital state | married | 15 | 71.4 | 47 | 83.9 | 33 | 80.5 | 0.077 |
| divorced/widowed | 2 | 9.5 | 7 | 12. | 7 | 17.1 | ||
| single | 4 | 19.0 | 2 | 3.6 | 1 | 2.4 | ||
| Living situation | with others/relatives | 15 | 71.4 | 48 | 84.2 | 37 | 88.1 | 0.239 |
| alone | 6 | 28.6 | 9 | 15.8 | 5 | 11.9 | ||
| Education level | low | 8 a | 38.1 | 13 a | 22.8 | 6 a | 14.3 | 0.011 |
| middle | 6 a,b | 28.6 | 13 a | 22.8 | 22 b | 52.4 | ||
| high | 7 a | 33.3 | 31 a | 54.4 | 14 a | 33.3 | ||
| Occupation | pensioned | 13 a | 61.9 | 57 | 100.0 | 38 b | 90.5 | <0.001 |
| employed | 7 a | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 b | 4.8 | ||
| unemployed | 1 a | 4.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 a | 4.8 | ||
| M | 95%CI | M | 95%CI | M | 95%CI | |||
| Age (years) + | 68.0 | 64.0, 78.0 | 78.0 | 77.0, 79.0 | 65.5 | 63.0, 68.0 | <0.001 | |
| BDI + | 7.0 | 3.0, 9.0 | 9.0 | 8.0, 13.0 | 11.0 | 10.0, 14.0 | 0.001 | |
| MoCa + | 24.0 | 23.0, 26.0 | 22.0 | 22.0, 23.0 | 25.0 | 25.0, 27.0 | <0.001 | |
| MDS-UPDRS III + | 30.0 | 30.0, 38.0 | 22.0 | 21.0, 33.0 | 0.06 | |||
| NMSQ * | 10.4 | 9.0, 11.7 | 10.5 | 9.2, 11.9 | 0.87 | |||
| SAMS + | 5.0 | 5.0, 8.0 | 6.0 | 4.0, 9.0 | 5.0 | 4.0, 9.0 | 0.69 | |
+ Mean and 95%CI; * Median and 95%CI; Values in the same row and sub-table where the sub-script is not identical differ at p < 0.05 (Anova or Kruskal-Wallis for metric values and chi-square test for nominal values, with Bonferroni correction).