Table 1.
Demographics of the 45 study participants.
| Patients | Controls | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 15 | n = 30 | |||||
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Test score | p-value | |
| Age | 61.59 | 9.56 | 56.56 | 6.59 | t = 2.070 | 0.04* |
| Sex (M/F) | 11/4 | 12/18 | X2 = 4.447 | 0.04* | ||
| Handedness (R/L) | 14/1 | 29/1 | X2 = 0.262 | 0.61 | ||
| Months since diagnosis | 56.6 | 41.92 | ||||
| LED (mg/day) | 560 | 307.76 | ||||
| Hoehn & Yahr staging | 2.57 | |||||
| ADL (best/worst) | 73.33/65.33 | |||||
| Reward Won (ZAR) | 118.67 | 121.67 | t = −0.309 | 0.76 | ||
| fMRI motion parameters | ||||||
| Mean motion | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.10 | 0.03 | t = −1.141 | 0.26 |
| Maximum motion | 0.47 | 0.28 | 0.52 | 0.31 | t = −0.517 | 0.61 |
| Total number of movements | 124.87 | 80.20 | 138.27 | 64.75 | t = −0.604 | 0.55 |
| Mean rotation | 0.001 | 0.0003 | 0.001 | 0.0004 | t = −0.867 | 0.39 |
| Maximum rotation | 0.006 | 0.0025 | 0.008 | 0.0070 | t = −0.803 | 0.43 |
Significant at p < 0.05 level.