Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of the PD, ALS, and AD patients; mean values ± SD.

Clinical Characteristics	Healthy	PD	ALS	AD
Number of patients	9	9	8	3
Mean age (in years) ± S.D.	58.8 ± 10.2	68.2 ± 11.2	62.6 ± 12.8	75 ± 7
(Range, years)	(42–76)	(47–86)	(42–78)	(70–83)
Gender, M/F	3/6	4/5	5/3	0/3
Creatinine (μmol/L)	-	90.5 ± 17.2	61.6 ± 12.0	55.1 ± 15
Hct (%)	41.3 ± 2.1	38.0 ± 4.0	39.3 ± 4.8	30.5 ± 7.8
Hb (g/L)	137.2 ± 6.6	134.4 ± 15.2	140.0 ± 20.2	107.6 ± 37.2