Table 1 The comparison of demographic characteristic between MSD and non-MSD groups
From: Attention/memory complaint is correlated with motor speech disorder in Parkinson’s disease
MSD group | non-MSD group | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 64.3 ± 9.5 | 62.3 ± 8.7 | 0.088 |
Age at PD onset (years) | 60.5 ± 9.5 | 58.4 ± 8.6 | 0.063 |
Duration of PD (years) | 3.9 ± 1.6 | 4.0 ± 1.6 | 0.445 |
PD family history (%) | |||
Yes | 15 (6.00%) | 7(10.94%) | 0.167 |
No | 235(94.00%) | 57(89.06%) | |
Gender (%) | |||
Male | 168(67.20%) | 40(62.50%) | 0.478 |
Female | 82(32.80%) | 24(37.50%) | |
Marital status (%) | |||
Married | 238(95.20%) | 58(90.63%) | 0.160 |
Unmarried | 12(4.80%) | 6(9.37%) | |
Occupation (%) | |||
Manual labor | 170(68.00%) | 34(53.13%) | 0.026* |
Mental labor | 80(32.00%) | 30(46.87%) | |
Educational level (%) | |||
Higher than bachelor | 40(16.00%) | 26(40.63%) | <0.001* |
Lower than bachelor | 210(84.00%) | 38(59.37%) | |
Speaking background (%) | |||
Monolingual speakers | 199(79.60%) | 58(90.62%) | 0.041* |
Bilingual speakers | 51(20.40%) | 6(9.38%) | |
Monthly income (yuan) | |||
Higher than 5500 | 74(29.60%) | 28(43.75%) | 0.031* |
Lower than 5500 | 176(70.40%) | 36(56.25%) | |
Leisure activities (%) | |||
Usually | 123(49.20%) | 35(54.69%) | 0.433 |
Seldom | 127(50.80%) | 29(45.31%) | |