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. 2022 Dec 9;8:169. doi: 10.1038/s41531-022-00428-2

Table 1.

Clinical and demographic features of controls, DLB, PD, and iRBD patients.

Control (n = 147)a DLB (n = 28)a PD (n = 224)a iRBD (n = 26)a
P-valueb P-valueb P-valueb
Age (years) 68.3 ± 9.9 77.5 ± 5.9 5.0E-6* 68.2 ± 8.6 0.93 74.5 ± 6.4 2.3E-3*
# Females 69 14 0.84 130 0.043* 6 0.031*
Body mass index (BMI) 22.9 ± 3.0 20.9 ± 3.5 2.9E-3* 21.7 ± 3.0 1.9E-4* 24.4 ± 2.4 0.016*
# Constipation (≤ twice a week) 6 12 3.6E-7* 80 3.3E-14* 9 2.8E-5*
Stool frequency/week 7.9 ± 4.3 4.8 ± 4.6 7.7E-4* 4.7 ± 4.1 6.8E-12* 5.8 ± 5.7 0.034*
Disease duration (years) 2.1 ± 2.2 7.5 ± 6.1 6.4 ± 4.8
# Proton pump inhibitor 12 6 0.045* 35 0.038* 7 0.011*
# H2 blocker 6 3 0.16 8 0.79 1 1.00
MDS-UPDRS 59.2 ± 36.2 50.1 ± 23.1 7.6 ± 5.5
MDS-UPDRS III 31.0 ± 21.0 26.4 ± 13.5 2.0 ± 2.6

aMean and SD are indicated when applicable. bEither Student’s t-test or Fisher’s exact test is applied to be compared to controls. *P < 0.05.