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. 2020 Dec 14;14:569777. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2020.569777

TABLE 2.

PD motor and non-motor characteristics of the hyposmic PD patients and normosmic PD patients over time.

Baseline Year 1 Year 2



Variable Hyposmic Normosmic P value Hyposmic Normosmic P value Hyposmic Normosmic P value
UPDRS subscores b
Part I 2.36 ± 1.90 2.69 ± 2.13 0.347 2.14 ± 1.86 2.02 ± 1.59 0.907 2.56 ± 1.85 2.36 ± 1.83 0.410
Part II 12.05 ± 5.96 11.97 ± 5.58 0.917 10.47 ± 5.73a 9.47 ± 4.62a 0.304 10.59 ± 4.80b 10.69 ± 6.31b 0.761
Part III 25.70 ± 12.65 26.17 ± 14.13 0.999 23.26 ± 11.88a 19.00 ± 9.70a 0.030 22.98 ± 12.67b 22.37 ± 13.67b 0.672
Tremor 3.32 ± 3.04 2.78 ± 2.67 0.367 2.85 ± 3.00 2.83 ± 2.89 0.999 2.86 ± 2.66 2.95 ± 3.54 0.444
Rigidity 5.74 ± 3.85 4.64 ± 3.67 0.051 5.18 ± 3.64 3.37 ± 2.75a 0.002 4.73 ± 3.92b 4.56 ± 4.12 0.717
Bradykinesia 8.82 ± 6.01 8.85 ± 6.58 0.831 8.47 ± 5.15 6.62 ± 4.03a 0.013 8.87 ± 5.98 7.56 ± 6.05 0.125
Postural and gait abnormalities 3.66 ± 2.16 3.66 ± 2.88 0.552 3.10 ± 2.24a 2.75 ± 1.89a 0.327 3.11 ± 2.59b 3.32 ± 2.64 0.612
Phenotype (PIGD/Intermediate/TD) 58/12/35 33/8/18 0.888 67/10/28 32/6/21 0.450 71/13/21b 40/6/13 0.889
H-Y Stage 2.00 ± 0.65 2.02 ± 0.72 0.915 2.14 ± 0.64 a 1.90 ± 0.75 0.027 2.13 ± 0.70b 2.05 ± 0.87 0.365
Dyskinesia (%) 16 (15.2%) 4 (6.8%) 0.112 23 (21.9%) 9 (15.3%) 0.302 30 (28.6%)b 8 (13.6%) 0.029
Freezing (%) 37 (35.2%) 16 (27.1%) 0.286 31 (29.5%) 11 (18.6%) 0.126 35 (33.3%) 12 (20.3%) 0.077
LED (mg) 334.86 ± 259.54 275.00 ± 194.60 0.166 469.22 ± 249.90a 394.19 ± 212.68a 0.104 560.21 ± 253.55b 465.15 ± 197.49b 0.020
NMSS total scores 52.92 ± 38.04 46.76 ± 31.49 0.490 35.43 ± 24.81a 28.88 ± 19.96a 0.132 33.59 ± 27.54b 31.20 ± 21.29b 0.949
Cardiovascular 1.54 ± 2.77 1.46 ± 2.61 0.870 0.78 ± 1.78a 0.73 ± 1.80a 0.899 0.62 ± 1.54b 1.00 ± 2.09 0.149
Sleep/fatigue 11.57 ± 9.66 10.24 ± 8.89 0.396 8.18 ± 7.21 7.68 ± 6.45 0.796 8.33 ± 7.73 9.86 ± 7.18 0.451
Mood/cognition 10.68 ± 10.80 9.98 ± 11.19 0.612 5.85 ± 8.31a 3.85 ± 6.03a 0.178 4.81 ± 8.67b 5.24 ± 9.81b 0.619
Perceptual problems 1.11 ± 2.41 0.73 ± 2.04 0.357 0.95 ± 2.04 0.80 ± 1.74 0.558 0.89 ± 2.12 1.15 ± 1.94 0.127
Gastrointestinal 4.10 ± 5.31 4.47 ± 5.54 0.489 3.61 ± 4.34 3.34 ± 4.26 0.609 4.28 ± 5.17 3.25 ± 4.03 0.354
Urinary 7.70 ± 8.16 6.73 ± 7.58 0.557 5.60 ± 6.16a 4.47 ± 5.36a 0.224 5.17 ± 6.08b 5.51 ± 6.57 0.939
MMSE total scores 27.31 ± 2.49 27.80 ± 1.76 0.430 27.15 ± 3.03 27.66 ± 2.19 0.537 26.99 ± 2.89 27.90 ± 2.35 0.041
Orientation 9.55 ± 0.91 9.66 ± 0.55 0.919 9.70 ± 0.77 9.80 ± 0.48 0.743 9.66 ± 0.83 9.71 ± 0.62 0.935
Registration 2.79 ± 0.41 2.81 ± 0.51 0.387 2.85 ± 0.48 2.92 ± 0.28 0.620 2.89 ± 0.32 2.93 ± 0.25 0.337
Attention and calculation 4.22 ± 1.04 4.34 ± 0.96 0.096 3.81 ± 1.39a 4.00 ± 1.33 0.357 3.73 ± 1.42b 4.17 ± 1.21 0.048
Recall 2.37 ± 0.86 2.34 ± 0.96 0.520 2.45 ± 0.83 2.36 ± 0.80 0.310 2.38 ± 0.76 2.49 ± 0.70 0.378
Language and praxis 8.32 ± 0.96 8.58 ± 0.59 0.982 8.35 ± 1.05 8.59 ± 0.72 0.216 8.33 ± 0.92 8.59 ± 0.77 0.054
RBD (%) 39 (37.1%) 15 (25.4%) 0.125 43 (41.0%) 22 (37.3%) 0.645 51 (48.6%) 25 (42.4%) 0.445
Depression (%) 30 (28.6%) 17 (28.8%) 0.974 26 (24.8%) 13 (19.4%) 0.674 29 (27.6%) 21 (35.6%) 0.287

Values in bold refer to statistically significant differences (P < 0.05). aSignificant difference between baseline and year 1 (P < 0.05). bSignificant difference between baseline and year 2 (P < 0.05). UPDRS, Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale; H-Y, Hoehn and Yahr; PIGD, postural instability and gait disorder; TD, tremor dominant; LED, levodopa equivalent dose; NMSS, non-motor symptoms scale; MMSE, Mini-Mental State Examination; RBD, rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder; PD, Parkinson’s disease.