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. 2021 Dec 21;11:24351. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-03751-5

Table 1.

Sociodemographic, clinical, and head motion comparisons among PD-non pRBD, PD-pRBD and HC.

PD-non pRBD (n = 32) PD-pRBD (n = 27) HC (n = 30) Test stat p-value
Sociodemographic and clinical data
Sex, male, n (%) 21 (65.6) 23 (85.2) 13 (43.3) 10.863a 0.004f,g
Age, y, mean (SD) 64.5 (9.9) 68.8 (9.2) 67.5 (7.7) 1.827b 0.167
Education, y, mean (SD) 12.8 (5.3) 11.4 (5.4) 11.4 (4.0) 1.255c 0.534
Age of onset, y, mean (SD) 58.2 (10.5) 59.2 (9.6) NA 0.378d 0.707
Disease duration, y, mean (SD) 6.3 (3.6) 8.6 (5.0) NA 1.977d 0.055
LEDD, mean (SD) 516.6 (277.4) 707.8 (469.2) NA 336.5e 0.146
MDS-UPDRS-Part III, mean (SD) 15.4 (10.2) 17.1 (8.1) NA 314.5e 0.228
H&Y stage, n, 1/2/2.5/3/4 6/17/1/6/0 2/11/0/10/1 NA 5.689a 0.224
UPSIT, mean (SD) 18.9 (6.8) 16.8 (6.8) 29.2 (4.3) 39.319c  < 0.001f,g
RBD-I, symptoms/answers, mean (SD) 0.08 (0.09) 0.56 (0.14) 0.05 (0.07) 59.453  < 0.001g,h
Mean interframe head motion
Rotation, degrees, mean (SD) 0.051 (0.033) 0.051 (0.030) 0.039 (0.020) 2.215c 0.330
Translation, mm, mean (SD) 0.100 (0.057) 0.095 (0.043) 0.124 (0.058) 2.523b 0.086
Maximum interframe head motion
Rotation, degrees, mean (SD) 0.308 (0.215) 0.327 (0.200) 0.267 (0.165) 0.840c 0.657
Translation, mm, mean (SD) 0.377 (0.190) 0.481 (0.211) 0.502 (0.170) 7.164c 0.028f

PD-non pRBD Parkinson’s disease patients without probable REM sleep behavior disorder, PD-pRBD Parkinson’s disease patients with probable REM sleep behavior disorder, HC healthy controls, y years, LEDD levodopa equivalent daily doses, MDS-UPDRS Movement Disorder Society Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale, H&Y Hoehn and Yahr scale, UPSIT University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test, RBD-I Innsbruck REM Sleep Behavior Disorder Inventory.

aChi-squared test.

bAnalysis of variance (ANOVA) test followed by Bonferroni post-hoc test.

cKruskal–Wallis H test followed by Mann–Whitney U test.

dt-test.

eMann–Whitney U test.

fPost-hoc differences between PD-non pRBD and HC (p < 0.05).

gPost-hoc differences between PD-pRBD and HC (p < 0.05).

hPost-hoc differences between PD-non pRBD and PD-pRBD (p < 0.05).