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Table 1 Demographic and baseline characteristics of study populations

From: Analysis of number needed to treat for droxidopa in patients with symptomatic neurogenic orthostatic hypotension

Characteristic

Pooled data

NOH301 [3]

NOH302 [6]

NOH306

Droxidopa (n = 225)

Placebo (n = 235)

Droxidopa (n = 82)

Placebo (n = 80)

Droxidopa (n = 50)

Placebo (n = 51)

Droxidopa (n = 114)

Placebo (n = 108)

Mean (SD) age, y

65.0 (14.7)

65.4 (15.6)

57.4 (16.9)

55.7 (20.0)

63.1 (13.8)

66.6 (11.3)

72.6 (7.5)

72.4 (8.0)

Men, n (%)

132 (58.7)

142 (60.4)

42 (51.2)

42 (52.5)

30 (60.0)

32 (62.7)

77 (67.5)

68 (63.0)

White, n (%)

220 (97.8)

221 (94.0)

82 (100)

75 (93.8)

49 (98.0)

48 (94.1)

110 (96.5)

102 (94.4)

Primary clinical diagnosis, n (%)

 PD

150 (66.7)

157 (66.8)

35 (42.7)

31 (38.8)

21 (42.0)

23 (45.1)

114 (100)

108 (100)

 MSA

31 (13.8)

25 (10.6)

15 (18.3)

11 (13.8)

17 (34.0)

13 (25.5)

0

0

 Pure autonomic failure

34 (15.1)

38 (16.2)

26 (31.7)

28 (35.0)

8 (16.0)

10 (19.6)

0

0

 DBHD

0

1 (0.4)

0

0

0

1 (2.0)

0

0

 NDAN

4 (1.8)

9 (3.8)

2 (2.4)

6 (7.5)

2 (4.0)

3 (5.9)

0

0

 Other

6 (2.7)

5 (2.1)

4 (4.9)a

4 (5.0)b

2 (4.0)c

1 (2.0) c

0

0

OHSA Item 1 score

N

224

236

81

79

50

51

92

105

 Mean (SD)

6.0 (2.2)

5.8 (2.4)

6.5 (2.1)

6.2 (2.4)

6.6 (2.0)

6.3 (2.3)

5.4 (2.1)

5.1 (2.3)

  1. DBHD dopamine β-hydroxylase deficiency, MSA multiple system atrophy, NDAN nondiabetic autonomic neuropathy, OHSA Orthostatic Hypotension Symptom Assessment, PD Parkinson disease
  2. aThree patients diagnosed as “likely pure autonomic failure” and 1 patient diagnosed as “likely MSA”
  3. bDiagnosed as “likely pure autonomic failure”
  4. cAdditional information not available