TABLE 1.

Participant characteristics data.

	N	Age (years)	Weight (kg)	Height (cm)	MMSE
PD patients	25	57.6 ± 11.5	78.7 ± 14.9	166.8 ± 7.7	29.6 ± 0.8
	10♀/15♂
Controls	20	59.1 ± 13.3	72 ± 9.7	163.8 ± 7.9	29.4 ± 0.9
	10♀/10♂
p-value between groups		0.695	0.078	0.210	0.435

Values are Mean ± Standard Deviation, t-test analysis for group differences. N, sample; MMSE, Mini-Mental State Examination; H&Y, Hoehn and Yahr scale; UPDRS-III, Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale, section III.