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. 2023 Feb 28;9:30. doi: 10.1038/s41531-023-00468-2

Table 1.

Baseline demographics, clinical characteristics, mean striatal DaT SBR and BMP concentrations (adjusted for age and sex) in LRRK2, sPD and HC cohorts.

a Comparison of LRRK2 G2019S sub-cohorts to sPD and HC
Cohort 1 2 3 4
G2019S + PD n = 134 G2019S + NMC n = 182 sPD n = 379 HC n = 190 P Value 1 vs 2 P Value 1 vs 3 P Value 2 vs 4 P Value 3 vs 4
Age (years), mean (SD)a 63.26 (9.20) 62.33 (7.72) 61.94 (9.66) 60.67 (11.16)
Age at onset (years), mean (SD) 58.05 (9.99) 59.94 (9.93) N/A 0.0609 N/A N/A

Mean Striatal DaT SBR, mean (SD)

missing

1.29 (0.38) 2.52 (0.52) 1.39 (0.39) 2.57 (0.56) <0.0001 0.0093 0.4164 <0.0001
15 9 4 3

Disease duration (months), median

(range)

28.55 4.2 N/A <0.0001α N/A N/A
(0.97, 104.43) (0.40, 35.83)
Female Sex, n (%) 65 (48.51%) 104 (57.14%) 129 (34.04%) 67 (35.26%) 0.1283 0.0030 <0.0001 0.7716

MDS-UPDRS III Off, mean (SD)

missing

22.46 (11.45) 3.14 (4.11) 20.89 (8.79) 1.19 (2.15) <0.0001 0.2097 <0.0001 <0.0001
36 0 0 2

MoCA, median (range)

missing

27 27 28 28 0.2689α 0.0010α <0.0001α <0.0001α
(13.00, 30.00) (18.00, 30.00) (17.00, 30.00) (26.00, 30.00)
2 1 0 0
Total di-18:1-BMP, median (range) 12.60 13.88 3.53 3.77 0.2246 <0.0001 <0.0001 0.8823
(1.29, 160.95) (0.90, 71.97) (0.21, 38.02) (0.39, 22.03)
Total di-22:6-BMP, median (range) 65.63 63.79 10.61 10.42 0.8082 <0.0001 <0.0001 0.5976
(9.85, 307.69) (8.65, 245.60) (1.18, 76.76) (1.25, 85.89)
2,2’-di-22:6-BMP, median (range) 51.39 49.38 6.83 6.37 0.9820 <0.0001 <0.0001 0.6946
(6.22, 240.68) (6.99, 248.17) (0.81, 59.27) (0.60, 65.96)
b Comparison of LRRK2 R1441G sub-cohorts to sPD, and HC
Cohort 1 2 3 4
R1441G + PD n = 15 R1441G + NMC n = 15 sPD n = 379 HC n = 190 P Value 1 vs 2 P Value 1 vs 3 P Value 2 vs 4
Age (years), mean (SD) 64.51 (10.46) 56.82 (5.09) 61.94 (9.66) 60.67 (11.16) 0.0186 0.3650 0.0192
Age at onset (years), mean (SD) 60.70 (11.74) 59.94 (9.93) N/A 0.8069 N/A

Mean Striatal DaT SBR, mean (SD)

missing

1.37 (0.33) 2.64 (0.68) 1.39 (0.39) 2.57 (0.56) <0.0001 0.7551 0.7039
0 0 4 3

Disease duration (months), median

(range)

24.8 4.2 N/A <0.0001α N/A
(4.10, 77.80) (0.40, 35.83)
Female Sex, n (%) 11 (73.33%) 10 (66.67%) 129 (34.04%) 67 (35.26%) 0.6903 0.0018 0.0156

MDS-UPDRS III Off, mean (SD)

missing

15.86 (5.57) 2.29 (3.31) 20.89 (8.79) 1.19 (2.15) <0.0001 0.0053 0.2421
1 1 0 2

MoCA, median (range)

missing

25 28 28 28 0.0494α 0.0011α 0.0812α
(18.00, 30.00) (22.00, 30.00) (17.00, 30.00) (26.00, 30.00)
0 0 0 0
Total di-18:1-BMP, median (range) 14.25 22.65 3.53 3.77 0.3133 <0.0001 <0.0001
(5.04, 39.26) (5.40, 72.51) (0.21, 38.02) (0.39, 22.03)
Total di-22:6-BMP, median (range) 71.52 47.27 10.61 10.42 0.3584 <0.0001 <0.0001
(30.90, 136.67) (19.15, 121.85) (1.18, 76.76) (1.25, 85.89)
2,2’-di-22:6-BMP, median (range) 49.43 36.29 6.83 6.37 0.2203 <0.0001 <0.0001
(17.82, 116.30) (11.50, 101.43) (0.81, 59.27) (0.60, 65.96)

Pairwise comparisons that showed significance at p value <0.0125 (after Bonferroni correction applied due to multiple comparison) are shown in bolded font.

PD Parkinson’s disease, NMC non-manifesting carriers, sPD sporadic PD, HC healthy control, SD standard deviation, DaT dopamine transporter, SBR specific binding ratio, MDS-UPDRS movement disorders society-unified Parkinson’s disease rating scale, MoCA Montreal cognitive assessment, BMP bis(monoacylglycerol)phosphate.

αComputed using Mann–Whitney U-test.

aThe overall F-test was non-significant thus pairwise comparisons were not computed.