Table 1.
Characteristics of PD patients and control group. H&Y: Hoehn and Yahr disease stage; MMST: Minimal Mental Status; p < 0.05 Mann–Whitney U test; ° chi-squared test.
| Validation Group PD (n = 37) |
Control Group (n = 13) |
p | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 70.8 ± 9.3 | 72.2 ± 28.8 | 0.575 |
| Gender (m:f) | 20:17 | 8:6 | 0.843 ° |
| UPDRS-III (score) | 19.9 ± 9.0 | na | na |
| H&Y (score) | 3.1 ± 0.7 | na | na |
| 1; 1.5 | 1 | na | na |
| 2; 2.5 | 5 | na | na |
| 3; 3.5 | 21 | na | na |
| 4 | 12 | na | na |
| MMST (score) | 28.4 ± 1.8 | na | na |
|
Gait (without:with wheeled walker) |
25:12 | 14:0 | 0.046 ° |