Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants stratified by incident PD

From: Metabolic profiling reveals circulating biomarkers associated with incident and prevalent Parkinson’s disease

Baseline characteristics

Total

Non-PD

PD

P value*

N

109,790

109,146

644

 

Age, mean(SD), years

56.5 (8.10)

56.5 (8.10)

62.7 (5.57)

<0.001

Sex, N (%)

   

<0.001

 Female

59,073 (53.8)

58,838 (53.9)

235 (36.5)

 

 Male

50,717 (46.2)

50,308 (46.1)

409 (63.5)

 

Smoking status, N (%)

   

0.156

 Never

59,704 (54.7)

59,372 (54.7)

332 (51.9)

 

 Prior/current

49,524 (45.3)

49,216 (45.3)

308 (48.1)

 

BMI, mean (SD)

27.4 (4.77)

27.4 (4.77)

27.7 (4.50)

0.182

Systolic blood pressure, mean(SD), mmHg

137.7 (18.5)

137.7 (18.5)

141.2 (18.5)

<0.001

Currently on anti-hypertensive treatments, N (%)

   

0.289

 No

99,368 (90.5)

98,793 (90.5)

575 (89.3)

 

 Yes

10,422 (9.49)

10,353 (9.49)

69 (10.7)

 

History of diabetes mellitus, N (%)

   

<0.001

 No

103,134 (93.9)

102,574 (94.0)

560 (87.0)

 

 Yes

6656 (6.06)

6572 (6.02)

84 (13.0)

 

History of hyperlipidemia, N (%)

   

0.002

 No

58,947 (53.7)

58,640 (53.7)

307 (47.7)

 

 Yes

50,843 (46.3)

50,506 (46.3)

337 (52.3)

 

Prior stroke, N (%)

   

<0.001

 No

108,263 (98.6)

107,643 (98.6)

620 (96.3)

 

 Yes

1527 (1.39)

1503 (1.38)

24 (3.73)

 

Use of psychotropic medications, N (%)

   

0.008

 No

100,974 (92.0)

100,400 (92.0)

574 (89.1)

 

 Yes

8816 (8.03)

8746 (8.01)

70 (10.9)

 

Presence of APOE allelic variant(s), N (%)

   

0.004

 No

83,184 (75.8)

82,727 (75.8)

457 (71.0)

 

 Yes

26,606 (24.2)

26,419 (24.2)

187 (29.0)

 

Presence of GBA allelic variant(s), N(%)

   

<0.001

 No

104,519 (95.2)

103,930 (95.2)

589 (91.5)

 

 Yes

5217 (4.80)

5216 (4.78)

55 (8.54)

 
  1. *A P value less than 0.05 indicated statistical significance and was bold.