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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Mov Disord. 2022 Aug 27;37(11):2217–2225. doi: 10.1002/mds.29197

Table 1:

Summary of sex distribution among each major PD group, and separately among GBA-variant severities

Among PD groups

Cohort N Women (N, % cohort) Men (N, % cohort) p-value

Idiopathic PD 420 153 (36.4%) 267 (63.6%) <0.001
LRRK2 PD 99 49 (49.5%) 50 (50.5%) 0.920
LRRK2/GBA PD 10 5 (50.0%) 5 (50.0%) 1.00
GBA PD 107 43 (40.2%) 64 (59.8%) 0.042

Among GBA-variant severities

Severe GBA PD 19 15 (79.0%) 4 (21.1%) 0.005
Mild GBA PD 70 26 (37.1%) 44 (62.9%) 0.377
Risk-variant GBA PD 17 2 (11.8%) 15 (88.2%) 0.002

Within group summary of sex distribution in PD overall and in the different genetic groups. Although idiopathic PD and GBA PD are more likely to be men, LRRK2 PD and LRRK2/GBA PD were not. Further, carriers of a severe GBA variant were more likely to be women, unlike carriers of a mild GBA variant, who were more likely to be men. One GBA PD among men was screened as part of an outside study and they were excluded from the variant-specific analysis. Verification of GBA variant status for this participant using our cohort’s methods is ongoing.