Table 1 Demographics and clinical data - patients with Parkinson’s disease PD) and healthy controls (HC)

From: The East London Parkinson’s disease project – a case-control study of Parkinson’s Disease in a diverse population

Whole cohort

PD

HC

p, t(dof)

n = 218

n = 90

Age at assessment (mean ± SD)

68.5 ± 10.8

62.7 ± 10.9

<0.001e, 12873.0

Male (n, %)

All (n, %)

137, 63%

63, 70%

0.287b, 1.1(1)

Ethnicity (n, %)

White (n, %)

96, 44%

30, 33%

<0.001c, 14.8(2)

 

South Asian (n, %)

85, 39%

56, 62%

 

Black (n, %)

24, 11%

2, 2%

Comorbidities

HTN (n, %)

112, 52%

30, 42%

0.174b, 0.05(1)

 

T2DM (n, %)

68, 31%

21, 29%

0.825b, 0.05(1)

 

Smoking (n, %)

61, 29%

2, 13%

0.197b, 1.7(1)

Time from diagnosis, years (median ± IQR)

4.8 ± 6.9

Duration of symptoms on assessment, years (median ± IQR)

6.3 ± 7.4

Age at diagnosis, years (mean ± SD)

61.3 ± 12

Age at symptom onset, years (mean ± SD)

61 ± 12

LEDD (median ± IQR)

550 ± 575

MDS-UPDRS I (mean ± SD)

16.2 ± 8.8

 

MDS-UPDRS II (mean ± SD)

19.5 ± 11

MDS-UPDRS III (mean ± SD)

38.6 ± 18.1

MDS-UPDRS IV (mean ± SD)

4.7 ± 4.3

NMSQ (median ± IQR)

12.0 ± 10.0

MoCA (mean ± SD)

23.8 ± 4.6

25.6 ± 3.4

0.024a, 5.1

Smell test scored out of 6 (median ± IQR)

2.0 ± 2.0

3.0 ± 2.0

0.007e, 964.0

HADS Depression (mean ± SD)

7.1 ± 4.5

HADS Anxiety (mean ± SD)

6.9 ± 4.6

RBDSQ (mean ± SD)

4.6 ± 3.1

PDSS2 (mean ± SD)

19.5 ± 11.3

ESS (mean ± SD)

9.4 ± 6.4

SCOPA-AUT (mean ± SD)

17.5 ± 10.3

EQ5D5L VAS (mean ± SD)

59.4 ± 20.8

EQ5D5L index (mean ± SD)

0.5 ± 0.3

IMD decile (median ± IQR)

3.0 ± 1.0

  1. Bold - p < 0.004 (Bonferroni adjusted for multiple comparisons). SD standard deviation, IQR interquartile range, t T statistic, dof degrees of freedom (applicable only for Chi-squared test).
  2. IMD Index of Multiple Deprivation, SD standard deviation, IQR interquartile range.
  3. aKruskall–Wallis test.
  4. bChi-squared test.
  5. cFisher’s exact test.
  6. eMann–Whitney U test.