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Table 3 Motor, cognitive and depressive scale scores in parkinsonian group (PG) and non-parkinsonian group (NPG)

From: Clinical and functional correlates of parkinsonism in a population-based sample of individuals aged 75 + : the Pietà study

Variable

PG

(N = 65)

NPG

(N = 542)

P-value

UPDRSm scorea

n: 65

32.0(21.5–47.0)

n: 363

3.0(1.0–8.0)

 < 0.001*

MMSE Scorea

n: 59

n: 526

 
 

18.0(13.0–21.0)

22.0(18.0–25.0)

 < 0.001*

Category fluency scorea

n: 59

n: 519

 
 

7.0(5.0–10.0)

11.0(8.0–14.0)

 < 0.001*

Clock drawing scorea

n: 59

n: 490

 
 

1.0(1.0–4.0)

5.0(2.0–8.0)

 < 0.001*

FMT delay recall scorea

n: 59

n: 518

 
 

4.0(2.0–7.0)

7.0(5.0–8.0)

 < 0.001*

FMT recognition scorea

n: 59

n: 503

 
 

8.0(3.0–10.0)

10.0 (9.0–10.0)

 < 0.001*

Cognitive statusb

n: 65

n: 542

 < 0.001*

 1. Cognitively healthy

11 (16.9%)

257 (47.4%)†

 

 2. CIND

17 (26.1%)

113 (20.8%)

 

 3. Dementia

37 (56.9%)†

90 (16.6%)

 

 4. Undetermined

0 (0.0%)

82 (15.1%)†

 

GDS total scorea

n: 52

6.0(4.0–9.0)

n: 502

3.0(1.0–5.0)

 < 0.001*

  1. Data are presented either as absolute followed by relative frequency (%) or median (1st Quartile-3rd Quartile); n: number of subjects analyzed in the parkinsonian group or in the non-parkinsonian group; UPDRSm: Unified Parkinson’s disease rating scale-Part III (motor); MMSE: Mini-Mental State Examination; FMT: Figure Memory Test; CIND: cognitive impairment no-dementia; GDS: Geriatric Depression Scale; aMann-Whitney Test; bPearson Chi-Square Test; *p-value < 0.05 († adjusted residual value > 1.96)