Signal alterations of the basal ganglia in the differential diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease: a retrospective case-controlled MRI data bank analysis

Table 1 Overview of clinical data of all patient groups

	N	Age (mean ± SD)	Hoehn & Yahr	Duration of disease in years (mean ± SD)
PD	70	71 ± 9	stage 1: 2/70	9.0 ± 0
			stage 2: 13/70	6.1 ± 4.8
			stage 3: 22/70	5.0 ± 4.7
			stage 4: 23/70	7.2 ± 5.3
			stage 5: 10/70	7.6 ± 6.8
MSA	11	62 ± 6	-	2.4 ± 1.6
PSP	22	70 ± 8	-	3.0 ± 2.4
CBS	5	65 ± 4	-	2.3 ± 1.9
CON	170	66 ± 10	-	-

Abbreviations: PD idiopathic Parkinson’s disease, MSA multiple system atrophy, PSP progressive supranuclear palsy, CBS corticobasal syndrome, CON control persons.

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