Table 2 Demographic table.

From: A fragment of Calpain-1 cleaved α-Synuclein quantified in serum is upregulated in patients with Parkinson’s disease

 

Discovery Cohort

Evaluation Cohort

 

Healthy donors

(n = 16)

Parkinson’s disease

(n = 16)

p value

Healthy donors

(n = 15)

Parkinson’s disease

(n = 30)

p value

Age, mean (SD)

59.5 (6.35)

73.7 (2.89)

0.004

60.3 (5.6)

64.2 (6.7)

0.065

Sex, Male, n (%)

9 (56.3%)

8 (50%)

0.727

9 (60.0%)

15 (50%)

0.531

BMI, mean (SD)

NA

25.2 (3.7)

 

NA

26.1 (3.2)

 

Caucasian, n (%)

16 (100%)

16 (100%)

1.000

15 (100%)

30 (100%)

1.000

Years since diagnosis, mean (SD)

NA

1.5 (2.0)

 

NA

1.1 (0.4)

 

Signs

Hypokinesia, n (%)

Postural instability, n (%)

Muscle rigidity, n (%)

Tremor, n (%)

 

5 (31.3%)

9 (56.3%)

6 (37.5%)

9 (56.3%)

  

8 (26.7%)

10 (33.3%)

14 (46.7%)

16 (53.3%)

 

Current treatment

Levodopa, n (%)

 

8 (50%)

  

10 (33.3%)

 
  1. BMI: Body Mass Index. Categorical variables are written as number (percentage), while continuous variables are mean (standard deviation). Statistical differences between the clinical and patient demographics were calculated by a Mann-Whitney test.