TABLE 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with Parkinson’s disease and healthy controls.

	Parkinson’s disease (n = 75)	Healthy controls (n = 34)
Gender (F:M)	10:65	8:26
Age (years)	57.70 ± 7.41	56.05 ± 5.27
Age at onset (years)	51.14 ± 9.08	–
Duration of illness (years)	5.87 ± 2.74	–
MMSE score	28.04 ± 1.61
UPDRS III (OFF)	34.53 ± 8.25
Hoehn and Yahr stage	2.31 ± 0.28
LEDD	616.01 ± 277.65	–

F, female; M, male; MMSE, Mini-Mental Status Examination; UPDRS, Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale; LEDD, levodopa equivalent daily dose.