Table 5.
Correlation analyses between the levels of neuropathologic proteins and the score of olfactory function in PD patients.
| α-Synuclein | Aβ1-42 | T-tau | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| r | P | r | P | r | P | |
| TDI | −0.261 | 0.030* | −0.205 | 0.107 | 0.132 | 0.329 |
| THR | −0.138 | 0.26 | −0.047 | 0.716 | 0.157 | 0.243 |
| DIS | −0.262 | 0.030* | −0.105 | 0.412 | 0.267 | 0.041* |
| ID | 0.307 | 0.010* | −0.259 | 0.037* | −0.53 | 0.695 |
*
P <0.05; TDI, threshold, discrimination and identification; THR, threshold; DIS, discrimination; ID, identification; Aβ, β amyloid; T-tau, total tau; PD-OD, Parkinson disease with olfactory dysfunction; PD-NOD, Parkinson disease without olfactory dysfunction.