Table 1.
Clinical and demographics values per diagnostic group. Mean ± standard deviation were reported.
CTRL (26) |
PSP-wvd (54) |
PSP-vd (33) |
iNPH (23) |
P-value | Post-hoc | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | 72.4 ± 4.5 | 70.7 ± 6.0 | 74.9 ± 9.5 | 74.5 ± 7.9 | 0.20a | N.Ab |
Female, n | 7 | 25 | 8 | 2 | N.A. | iNPH ≠ PSP-wvdc |
Age at onset | N.A. | 65.7 ± 6.2 | 67.4 ± 7.4 | 70.4 ± 8.4 | <0.001a | iNPH > PSP-wvdb |
Disease duration | N.A. | 4.87 ± 3.0 | 5.73 ± 3.2 | 4.00 ± 3.7 | 0.24a | N.A.b |
UPDRS-III | N.A. | 37.9 ± 9.3 | 40.4 ± 7.1 | 13.1 ± 11.1 | <0.001a | iNPH < PSP-wvd, PSP-vde |
UPDRS gait (item 29) | N.A. | 2.65 ± 0.9 | 2.91 ± 0.9 | 1.89 ± 1.3 | 0.02a | iNPH < PSP-wvd, PSP-vdb |
iNPHGS | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | 5.0 ± 3.2 | N.A. | N.A. |
MMSE | 27.1 ± 1.2 | 22.2 ± 5.8 | 22.1 ± 5.7 | 21.9 ± 7.3 | 0.012d | CTRL > PSP-wvd, PSP-vd, iNPHe |
EI | 0.262 ± 0.05 | 0.267 ± 0.03 | 0.327 ± 0.01 | 0.379 ± 0.03 | <0.001d | CTRL < PSP-vd, iNPHe PSP-wvd < PSP-vd, iNPHe PSP-vd < iNPHe |
VVf | 0.002 ± 0.004 | 0.016 ± 0.01 | 0.030 ± 0.01 | 0.062 ± 0.03 | <0.001d | CTRL < PSP-vd, iNPHe PSP-wvd < PSP-vde iNPH > PSP-wvd, PSP-vde |
MRHI | 0.50 ± 0.02 | 0.51 ± 0.02 | 0.54 ± 0.02 | 0.61 ± 0.02 | <0.001d | CTRL < PSP-vd, iNPHe PSP-wvd < PSP-vd, iNPHe PSP-vd < iNPHe |
Abbreviations: CTRL = controls; PSP-wvd = Progressive Supranuclear Palsy without ventricular dilatation; PSP-vd = Progressive Supranuclear Palsy with ventricular dilatation; iNPH = Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus; UPDRS-III = Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale – pars III, MMSE = Mini-Mental State Examination, iNPHGS = iNPH grading scale; EI = Evans Index; VV = Ventricle Volume; N.A. = Not applicable.
ANOVA p-value, significant at < 0.05.
Post-Hoc of ANOVA corrected for multiple comparisons with Tukey’s, significant at < 0.05.
Pairwise Chi-squared, significant at < 0.05.
ANCOVA with age and gender in covariates, significant at < 0.05.
Post-Hoc of ANCOVA with age and gender in covariates, corrected for multiple comparisons with Tukey’s HSD test, significant at < 0.05.
Normalized for the total intracranial volume.