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Table 1 Demographic variables and clinical symptoms of PDSN+ and PDSN- groups

From: Clinical features and dysfunctions of iron metabolism in Parkinson disease patients with hyper echogenicity in substantia nigra: a cross-sectional study

Demographic features

PDSN- group

PDSN+ group

P value

Gender

  

0.028*

 Male [case (%)]

15(48.4%)

64(70.3%)

 

 Female [case (%)]

16(51.6%)

27(29.7%)

 

 Age (year, mean ± SD)

54.3 ± 11.1

62.0 ± 9.6

0.002**

 Age of onset (year, mean ± SD)

51.1 ± 10.9

57.9 ± 11.0

0.006**

 Disease duration [year, median (quartile)]

2.0(1.0~ 4.0)

2.0(1.0~ 5.0)

0.919

MS

   

 H-Y stage [stage, median (quartile)]

2.0(1.0~ 5.0)

4.0(2.0~ 8.0)

0.004**

 UPDRS III total score [score, median (quartile)]

21.6 ± 11.8

24.1 ± 13.6

0.467

MNS

   

Cognitive impairment

   

 MoCA (score, mean ± SD)

22.7 ± 5.8

20.1 ± 5.4

0.047*

 Visuospatial and execution[score, median(quartile)]

3.0(2.0~ 5.0)

3.0(2.0~ 4.0)

0.992

 Naming [score, median (quartile)]

3.0(3.0~ 3.0)

3.0(2.0~ 3.0)

0.045*

 Memory [score, median (quartile)]

3.0(0~ 4.0)

3.0(0~ 3.0)

0.038*

 Attention and calculation [score, median (quartile)]

6.0(4.5~ 6.0)

6.0(4.0~ 6.0)

0.067

 Language [score, median (quartile)]

2.0(2.0~ 3.0)

2.0(2.0~ 3.0)

0.953

 Abstraction [score, median (quartile)]

1.0(1.0~ 2.0)

1.0(1.0~ 2.0)

0.408

 Orientation [score, median (quartile)]

6.0(6.0~ 6.0)

6.0(5.0~ 6.0)

0.709

Autonomic symptoms

   

 Digestive function [score, median (quartile)]

8.0(7.0~ 10.0)

10.0(9.0~ 11.0)

0.001**

 Urination function [score, median (quartile)]

7.0(6.0~ 9.0)

10.0(8.0~ 13.0)

0.000**

 Cardiovascular function [score, median(quartile)]

3.5(3.0~ 4.0)

4.0(3.0~ 6.0)

0.067

 Temperature regulation (score, mean ± SD)

5.7 ± 1.8

6.5 ± 2.2

0.116

 Pupil adjustment [score, median(quartile)]

1.0(1.0~ 2.0)

1.0(1.0~ 2.0)

0.047*

 Sexual function (score, mean ± SD)

3.0 ± 1.5

4.0 ± 2.0

0.175

 SCOPA-AUT total score (score, mean ± SD)

33.5 ± 7.7

36.8 ± 9.0

0.044*

Emotional disorders

   

 HAMD [score, median (quartile)]

10.0(3.0~ 16.0)

10.0(5.0~ 17.0)

0.538

 HAMA [score, median (quartile)]

8.0(4.0~ 18.0)

11.0(5.0~ 17.0)

0.623

Sleep disorder

   

 PSQI [score, median (quartile)]

6.0(2.0~ 12.0)

5.0(2.0~ 7.0)

0.446

 ESS [score, median (quartile)]

6.0(3.0~ 9.0)

4.0(2.0~ 8.0)

0.829

Fatigue

   

 FS-14 (score, mean ± SD)

8.6 ± 4.4

8.2 ± 3.8

0.565

 FSS (score, mean ± SD)

36.2 ± 15.7

39.6 ± 16.5

0.307

Restless leg syndrome

  

0.494

 No [case(%)]

20(64.5%)

64(70.3%)

 

 Yes [case(%)]

11(35.5%)

27(29.7%)

 
  1. *P < 0.05,**P < 0.01