Table 1 Demographic and clinical data.

From: Dopamine-induced changes to thalamic GABA concentration in impulsive Parkinson disease patients

 

PD ICB−

PD ICB+

p-value

N

14

19

 

Sex (M/F)

9/5

10/9

0.754

Age (years)

67.2 ± 7.4

61.6 ± 6.5

0.039

Disease duration (years)

7.2 ± 4.2

4.3 ± 3.3

0.021

Movement Disorders Society-United Parkinson Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS)

 Part II

18.1 ± 10.3

18.9 ± 11.0

0.867

 Part III (Off)

30.7 ± 10.6

29.5 ± 14.2

0.572

 Part III (On)

27.8 ± 10.6

20.0 ± 9.9

0.031

Questionnaire for impulsive Compulsive Disorders in Parkinson’s disease Rating Scale (QUIP-RS)

17.4 ± 9.3

29.1 ± 13.3

0.008

Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA)

25.8 ± 2.3

27.0 ± 2.1

0.07

Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CESD-R)

12.2 ± 6.4

17.1 ± 10.0

0.08

Dopamine replacement therapy

 Total levodopa daily dose (LEDD) (mg/day)

792.2 ± 436.1

642.7 ± 366.9

0.414

 Dopamine agonist single dose equivalent (mg/day)

102.0 ± 109.0

118.0 ± 64.0

0.126

  1. Data are reported at mean ± standard deviation. P-values are from the Wilcoxon rank-sum test for continuous variables and the Chi-squared test for categorical variables.