Table 1 Baseline characteristics of 12-month MDS-UPDRS total progressors vs non-progressors.

From: Genetically-informed prediction of short-term Parkinson’s disease progression

Predictive feature

Progressors: Non-progressors (PPMI)

P-value

Progressors: Non-progressors (PDBP)

P-value

Demographics

64%: 36%

-

48%:52%

-

Sample size (n)

529

-

350

-

Age (years)

61.9 ± 0.5: 62.1 ± 0.61

0.033

59.4 ± 1.15: 60.0 ± 1.01

0.034

Sex (%F)

24%: 22%

-

60%: 73%

-

Treatment status (%)

Levodopa

14% ± 0.02: 19% ± 0.03

0.312

75% ± 0.03: 76% ± 0.03

0.856

Dopamine agonist

10% ± 0.02: 13% ± 0.02

0.563

55% ± 0.04: 50% ± 0.04

0.434

Other PD medication

14% ± 0.02: 18% ± 0.03

0.479

74% ± 0.03: 74% ± 0.03

0.932

Clinical instruments

MDS-UPDRS I

4.1 ± 0.26: 4.6 ± 0.36

0.204

4.1 ± 0.39: 4.6 ± 0.43

0.566

MDS-UPDRS II

3.5 ± 0.25: 4.2 ± 0.34

0.043

4.7 ± 0.5: 5.6 ± 0.56

0.355

MDS-UPDRS III

15.9 ± 0.53: 21.0 ± 0.73

<0.001

19.1 ± 0.94: 24.4 ± 1.05

<0.001

MDS-UPDRS Total

23.6 ± 0.8: 29.9 ± 1.07

<0.001

28.0 ± 1.51: 34.8 ± 1.71

0.002

Hoehn & Yahr

1.5 ± 0.03: 1.7 ± 0.04

<0.001

2.03 ± 0.04: 2.1 ± 0.05

0.415

SE-ADL

94.0 ± 0.42: 93.7 ± 0.52

0.478

88.5 ± 0.93: 87.4 ± 1.02

0.568

MoCA

27.1 ± 0.15: 27.2 ± 0.2

0.013

26.0 ± 0.24: 26.1 ± 0.25

0.628

ESS

DaTScan neuroimaging

sbr_caudate_r

2.1 ± 0.04: 2.0 ± 0.06

0.06

-

-

sbr_caudate_l

2.1 ± 0.04: 2.0 ± 0.06

0.048

-

-

sbr_putamen_r

0.9 ± 0.03: 0.9 ± 0.05

0.02

-

-

sbr_putamen_l

0.9 ± 0.03: 0.9 ± 0.05

0.018

-

-

Genetics

Parkinson’s disease PRS (ave)

0.004 ± 0.0: 0.005 ± 0.0

0.229

0.0026 ± 0.0: 0.0025 ± 0.0

0.534

Educational attainment PRS (ave)

0.0005 ± 0.0: 0.0004 ± 0.0

0.594

0.0005 ± 0.0: 0.0004 ± 0.0

0.091

Monogenic risk (%)

32%: 40%

-

9%: 9%

-

  1. Features consistently different between progressors and non-progressors in both PPMI and PDBP are bolded. See Supplemental Tables 23 for a more detailed comparison. All comparisons are made with the non-parametric Wilcoxon rank sums test.