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Table 7 Correlation between both H&Y staging and UPDRS, and ff- ERG parameters in PD patients

From: Retinal functional and structural changes in patients with Parkinson’s disease

 

H&Y staging

Total UPDRS

(r) coef

P-value

(r) coef

P-value

Light-adapted ERG

 Rt eye

a wave

Latency (milliseconds)

0.037

0.801

-0.121

0.402

Amplitude (µV)

-0.025

0.865

-0.311

0.028*

b wave

Latency (milliseconds)

-0.059

0.684

-0.171

0.235

Amplitude (µV)

-0.070

0.631

-0.395

0.005*

 Lt eye

a wave

Latency (milliseconds)

0.032

0.826

-0.119

0.410

Amplitude (µV)

-0.151

0.300

-0.362

0.011*

b wave

Latency (milliseconds)

0.026

0.857

-0.068

0.637

Amplitude (µV)

-0.115

0.427

-0.419

0.002*

Dark-adapted ERG

 Rt eye

a wave

Latency (milliseconds)

-0.062

0.673

-0.038

0.793

Amplitude (µV)

-0.045

0.755

-0.001

0.997

b wave

Latency (milliseconds)

-0.128

0.375

-0.342

0.015*

Amplitude (µV)

-0.044

0.759

0.081

0.575

 Lt eye

a wave

Latency (milliseconds)

-0.063

0.666

-0.009

0.953

Amplitude (µV)

-0.049

0.735

0.004

0.980

b wave

Latency (milliseconds)

-0.113

0.433

-0.264

0.064

Amplitude (µV)

-0.008

0.955

0.099

0.492

  1. ERG Electroretinography, H&Y Hoehn and Yahr, UPDRS Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale
  2. r: Pearson Correlation Coefficient, *P-value ≤ 0.05 is considered significant