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. 2021 May 18;13(1):e12189. doi: 10.1002/dad2.12189

TABLE 3.

Pathological comparison of patients with and without autonomic dysfunction

Autonomic dysfunction
Present Absent P
Lewy bodies
Dorsal nucleus 33.3% 27.3% .72
Nucleus ambiguous 16.7% 0% .15
α‐ synuclein deposition
Dorsal nucleus a 1.3 ± 1.3 0.9 ± 0.8 .77
Nucleus ambiguous a 2.0 ± 1.7 1.9 ± 1.3 .4
NTS a 0.96 ± 0.84 0.86 ± 0.81 .78
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Values are expressed as mean ± SD.

Abbreviations: NTS, nucleus tractus solitaires; SD, standard deviation.