Table 1 Demographic variables of PD-RLS and PD-NRLS groups.

From: Restless legs syndrome in Parkinson disease: Clinical characteristics, abnormal iron metabolism and altered neurotransmitters

 

PD-RLS group (88 cases)

PD-NRLS group (130 cases)

P value

Age (years, mean ± SD)

61.82 ± 9.23

61.24 ± 8.73

0.65

Male/Total [cases/total (%)]

53/88 (59.49%)

69/130 (53.08%)

0.83

Disease duration [years, median (quartile)]

3.00 (2.00, 5.00)

2.00 (1.00, 4.00)

0.03*

Education level [cases/total (%)]

  Primary school and below

36/88 (40.90%)

34/130 (26.15%)

0.37

  Middle and high school

37/88 (42.05%)

63/130 (48.46%)

  Bachelor’s degree and above

15/88 (17.05%)

33/130 (25.38%)

  1. Two-tailed t test was used for the comparison of age and disease duration between PD-RLS and PD-NRLS groups; X2 test was used for the comparison for sex and education level between PD-RLS and PD-NRLS groups. *P < 0.05.
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