Table 2 Hospital Egas Moniz (PD/control) cohort demographics

From: Relative sparing of dopaminergic terminals in the caudate nucleus is a feature of rest tremor in Parkinson’s disease

 

PD

Control

P-value

n

28 (49.1%)

29 (50.9%)

 

Age (yr)

71.7 (10.7)

69.4 (13.0)

0.468

Female, n (%)

14 (50.0)

16 (55.2)

0.9

DA treatment, n (%)

22 (78.6)

LEDD (mg/day)

389.0 (301.3)

Symptom onset (months)

55.3 (53.6)

MDS-UPDRS III Total

27.3 (13.1)

2.5 (3.2)

<0.001*

Rigidity

4.5 (3.3)

0.2 (0.5)

<0.001*

Bradykinesia

13.7 (8.4)

1.1 (2.3)

<0.001*

Rest tremor

1.8 (1.8)

0.0 (0.2)

<0.001*

Tremor

5.2 (4.6)

0.6 (1.9)

<0.001*

  1. DA dopamine, LEDD Levodopa Equivalent Daily Dose, MDS-UPDRS Movement Disorder Society-sponsored Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale. * P<0.05.