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Table 1 Age, gender and deprivation status, PD versus controls

From: Co-morbidity and polypharmacy in Parkinson’s disease: insights from a large Scottish primary care database

Variable

PD Number (%)

No PD Number (%)

Total (%)

2640 (0.5)

507,862 (99.5)

Gender (% male)

1459 (55.3)

232,602 (45.8)

Mean Age (sd)

76.4 (9.1)

68.2 (9.7)

Age group

 55–64

308 (11.7)

219,025 (43.1)

 65–74

722 (27.3)

154,558 (30.4)

 75–84

1084 (41.1)

98,236 (19.3)

 85 and above

526 (19.9)

36,043 (7.1)

Deprivation Quintile

 Least Deprived

562 (21.3)

99,489 (19.6)

 2

635 (24.0)

117,794 (23.2)

 3

612 (23.2)

117,011 (23.0)

 4

464 (17.6)

93,013 (18.3)

 Most Deprived

367 (13.9)

80,555 (15.9)