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. 2022 Dec 16;12(8):2519–2530. doi: 10.3233/JPD-223374

Table 2.

Multiple linear regression

A) Dependent variable: Cmax (R2 = 0.51)
Coefficients Estimate Std. Error t value p
(intercept) 0.98 0.42 2.34 0.020
Age (y) 0.003 0.004 0.76 0.450
Weight (kg) –0.01 0.003 –3.65 <0.001
Sex
  Male (base)
  Female 0.54 0.08 6.50 <0.001
MDS-UPDRS part III “off” 0.01 0.003 2.91 0.004
Test dose (mg)
  50 (base)
  100 0.87 0.24 3.66 <0.001
  150 1.39 0.28 5.03 <0.001
  200 3.20 0.27 11.69 <0.001
Dopa decarboxylase inhibitor
  Carbidopa (base)
  Benserazide 0.28 0.09 3.28 0.001
B) Dependent variable: AUC (R2 = 0.73)
Coefficients Estimate Std. Error t value p
(intercept) 72.36 20.59 3.51 <0.001
Age (y) 0.48 0.18 2.68 0.008
Weight (kg) –1.08 0.14 –7.65 <0.001
Sex
  Male (base)
  Female 34.00 4.05 8.39 <0.001
MDS-UPDRS part III “off” 0.49 0.13 3.80 <0.001
Test dose (mg)
  50 (base)
  100 77.22 11.76 6.56 <0.001
  150 145.85 13.60 10.72 <0.001
  200 261.88 13.46 19.46 <0.001
Dopa decarboxylase inhibitor
  Carbidopa (base)
  Benserazide 10.13 4.19 2.42 0.016

Cmax, peak plasma concentration; MDS-UPDRS, Movement Disorder Society Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale; AUC, area under the plasma concentration-time curve.