Table 1.

Demographic characteristic and lipid profile of healthy controls and Parkinson’s disease patients.

	Healthy controls (n = 420)	PD (n = 300)	P value
Sex (% males)	52.14 %	58.31 %	0.09
Age (y), mean ± SD	58.77 ± 16.01	65.07 ± 11.83	<0.005
TC (mg/dl), mean ± SD	202.15 ± 38.11	194.84 ± 41.35	0.029*
HDL (mg/dl), mean ± SD	58.37 ± 17.25	58.96 ± 16.61	0.69
LDL (mg/dl), mean ± SD	127.49 ± 30.44	124.9 ± 38.73	0.49
TG (mg/dl), mean ± SD	115.59 ± 70.14	103.03 ± 57.68	0.006*

TC total cholesterol, HDL high-density lipoprotein, LDL low-density lipoprotein, TG triglycerides

PD Parkinson’s disease patients, SD standard deviation.

*<0.05 after adjusting by sex and age.