Table 1.
Descriptive data of the Parkinson patients and healthy matched-paired controls.
| Descriptive Data | Total Group Mean ± SD Range (n = 124) |
Cases Mean ± SD Range (n = 62) |
Controls Mean ± SD Range (n = 62) |
p-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 69.18 ± 9.12 (50–84) |
69.23 ± 9.15 (50–84) |
69.13 ± 9.15 (50–84) |
0.097 † | |
| Weight (kg) | 74.10 ± 14.84 (43–135) |
73.36 ± 17.63 (43–135) |
74.83 ± 11.49 (54–100) |
0.582 † | |
| Height (m) | 1.67 ± 0.09 (1.47–1.91) |
1.66.37 ± 9.64 (1.47–1.91) |
1.67 ± 7.80 (1.47–1.85) |
0.690 † | |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 26.61 ± 4.61 (16.16–40.31) |
26.37 ± 5.24 (16.16–40.31) |
26.85 ± 3.90 (19.83–35.43) |
0.0563 † | |
| Time since PD diagnosis (years) | N/A | 11.83 ± 6.71 (0–32) |
N/A | <0.001 † | |
| Sex (%) | Male Female |
75 (60.5%) 49 (39.5) |
38 (61.3%) 24 (38.7%) |
37 (59.7%) 25 (40.3) |
0.854 ‡ |
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; N/A, not applicable; SD, standard deviation. In all analyses, p < 0.05 (with a 95% confidence interval) was considered statistically significant. Median ± interquartile range, range (min–max) and † Student’s t-test for independent samples were applied. ‡ Chi-squared test were used.