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. 2021 Feb 18;8(3):390–399. doi: 10.1002/mdc3.13151

TABLE 1.

Demographics, neuropsychological and neuropsychiatric measures at study entry [mean (SD)]

PD‐N PD‐MCI PDD
Demographics
Sample size (n) 180 108 40
Converted to PDD (n) 8 43 N/A
Sex, M:F 117:63 82:26 30:10
Age 68 (8) 70 (7) a 74 (7) a , b
Education (y) 13 (3) 13 (3) 13 (3)
PD‐Specific Measures
Symptom duration (y) 7 (5) 8 (5) 12 (7) a , b
Hoehn and Yahr stage 2 (0.5) 2 (0.7) a 3 (0.7) a , b
UPDRS (Motor) 29 (13) 39 (15) a 57 (19) a , b
LEDD 527 (431) 675 (565) 723 (408) a
Activities of Daily Living
CDR 0.1 (0.2) 0.4 (0.2) a 1.3 (0.5) a , b
Reisberg IADL 0.5 (0.5) 0.8 (0.5) a 2.1 (0.6) a , b
Cognitive Assessments
Premorbid IQ (WTAR) 111 (8) 108 (10) 107 (11)
DRS‐2 (AESS) 12 (2) 9 (3) a 5 (3) a , b
ADAS‐Cog 6.6 (2.8) 10.8 (3.9) a 22.5 (8.6) a , b
MoCA 27 (2) 23 (3) a 17 (4) a , b
Global Z score 0.15 (0.4) −0.78 (0.5) −1.85 (0.5)
NPI measures
NPI Total score 4.0 (6.9) 4.2 (6.8) 10.8 (8.2)
NPI Hallucinations 0.1 (0.8) 0.3 (1.2) 1.3 (2.8)
NPI Depression 0.8 (1.7) 0.9 (2.0) 1.7 (3.0)
NPI Anxiety 1.0 (2.3) 1.2 (2.0) 1.9 (2.4)
NPI Aggression 0.3 (1.3) 0.2 (1.1) 1.2 (2.1)
NPI Apathy 0.7 (1.8) 0.7 (1.7) 2.1 (2.9)
NPI Disinhibition 0.2 (1.0) 0.1 (0.5) 0.6 (1.9)
NPI Delusions 0.2 (1.3) 0.0 (0.1) 0.8 (2.4)
NPI Euphoria 0.0 (0.2) 0.0 (0.3) 0.0 (0.0)
NPI Irritability and Liability 0.5 (1.8) 0.4 (1.5) 0.6 (1.6)
NPI Aberrant Motor Behavior 0.2 (1.1) 0.4 (1.3) 0.6 (1.7)
NPI Sleep and Night time Behavior Disorders 1.7 (3.0) 2.0 (3.2) 1.5 (2.7)
NPI Appetite and Eating Disorders 0.5 (1.7) 0.5 (1.8) 0.7 (2.1)
PDQ measures
PDQ Hallucinations 0.4 (0.8) 0.6 (1.0) 1.1 (1.3)
PDQ Depression 0.7 (1.0) 0.8 (1.0) 1.3 (1.2)
PDQ Anxiety 1.1 (1.0) 1.1 (1.0) 1.6 (1.2)
PDQ Aggression 0.3 (0.6) 0.5 (0.8) 0.8 (1.0)
PDQ Isolated and Lonely 0.4 (0.7) 0.5 (0.8) 1.0 (0.9)
PDQ Weepy and Tearful 0.6 (0.9) 0.7 (0.9) 0.7 (0.7)
PDQ Worried about future 1.1 (1.1) 1.1 (1.2) 1.1 (1.0)
PDQ Distressing dreams 0.5 (0.9) 0.6 (1.0) 1.3 (1.4)
UPDRS measures
UPDRS Hallucinations 0.3 (0.6) 0.5 (0.9) 1.3 (1.2)
UPDRS Depression 0.5 (0.8) 0.6 (0.9) 1.2 (1.0)
GDS 0.1 (0.4) 0.1 (0.3) 0.5 (0.6)
a

Significantly different from PD‐N, Kruskal‐Wallis followed by pairwise Wilcoxon rank sum tests, P < 0.05.

b

Significantly different from PD‐MCI, Kruskal‐Wallis followed by pairwise Wilcoxon rank sum tests, P < 0.05.

Abbreviations: PDD, Participants who met Level II criteria for Parkinson's disease with dementia; PD‐MCI, Participants who met Level II criteria for Parkinson's disease with mild cognitive impairment; PD‐N, The remaining Participants who did not meet criteria for PDD or PD‐MCI were classified as having normal cognition; ADAS‐Cog, Alzheimer's Dementia Assessment Scale‐Cognitive; CDR, Clinical Dementia Rating; DRS‐2 (AESS), Dementia Rating Scale‐2 (Age and Education Scaled Score); GDS, Geriatric Depression Score; Global Z score, mean derived from attention, executive function, visuospatial and episodic memory domains; IADL, Instrumental Activities of Daily Living; LEDD, Levodopa Equivalent Daily Dose; MoCA, Montreal Cognitive Assessment; NPI, Neuropsychiatric Inventory; PDQ = Parkinson's disease Questionnaire; UPDRS, Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale; WTAR, Wechsler Test of Adult Reading for premorbid IQ.