Table 3 Correlation matrix of kinematic parameters with clinical characteristics in the PD + AS group (n = 10)

From: Cognitive function correlates with gastric alpha-synuclein seeding activity in early Parkinson’s disease

 

Mean lag time

Mean PAR

Lagmed1

Lagmed2

 

ρ

p-value

ρ

p-value

ρ

p-value

ρ

p-value

Age at biopsy

0.049

0.894

0.049

0.894

−0.275

0.442

−0.322

0.364

Age at motor symptom onset

0.024

0.947

0.067

0.853

−0.295

0.407

−0.367

0.297

Duration of onset to biopsy

0.006

0.986

0.031

0.931

0.146

0.688

0.183

0.614

MDS-UPDRS total score

0.030

0.934

0.030

0.934

−0.196

0.588

−0.182

0.614

MDS-UPDRS Part I score

0.264

0.461

−0.227

0.528

−0.074

0.839

−0.055

0.880

MDS-UPDRS Part II score

−0.024

0.947

0.103

0.776

−0.284

0.426

−0.322

0.364

MDS-UPDRS Part III score

−0.280

0.432

0.335

0.343

−0.319

0.369

−0.293

0.412

HY

−0.348

0.324

0.348

0.324

−0.175

0.628

−0.087

0.811

MoCA

0.526

0.118

−0.557

0.094

0.742

0.014

0.762

0.010

FAB

−0.049

0.907

0.049

0.907

0.242

0.563

0.395

0.332

GDS

0.377

0.283

−0.359

0.309

0.073

0.840

0.049

0.894

NMSS total score

0.626

0.053

−0.559

0.093

0.336

0.342

0.328

0.354

NMSS Domain 1: Cardiovascular

−0.208

0.565

0.208

0.565

−0.448

0.194

−0.398

0.255

NMSS Domain 2: Sleep/Fatigue

0.414

0.235

−0.414

0.235

0.298

0.403

0.247

0.492

NMSS Domain 3: Mood/Cognition

0.471

0.169

−0.495

0.145

0.302

0.397

0.373

0.288

NMSS Domain 4: Perceptual problems/Hallucinations

−0.199

0.582

0.199

0.582

−0.218

0.546

−0.294

0.409

NMSS Domain 5: Attention/Memory

−0.374

0.287

0.405

0.245

0.647

0.043

−0.519

0.124

NMSS Domain 6: Gastrointestinal tract

−0.522

0.122

0.522

0.122

−0.525

0.119

−0.522

0.122

NMSS Domain 7: Urinary

0.317

0.372

−0.226

0.530

0.104

0.775

0.019

0.958

NMSS Domain 8: Sexual functions

0.528

0.117

−0.528

0.117

0.224

0.534

0.295

0.408

NMSS Domain 9: Miscellaneous

−0.154

0.670

0.222

0.537

−0.385

0.272

−0.383

0.275

B-SIT

0.343

0.332

−0.368

0.296

0.404

0.246

0.274

0.443

RBDSQ

0.125

0.730

−0.075

0.836

−0.120

0.741

−0.082

0.823

LEDD

0.498

0.143

−0.413

0.235

0.349

0.324

0.213

0.555

  1. Significant correlation coefficients are marked in bold.
  2. PD Parkinson’s disease, AS alpha-synuclein, PAR protein aggregation rate, SD standard deviation, Lagmed1 median of the lag time of each positive replicate, Lagmed2 median of the first two replicates reaching the threshold in each positive test, MDS-UPDRS Movement Disorder Society-sponsored revision of the Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale, HY Hoehn and Yahr stage, MoCA Montreal Cognitive Assessment, FAB Frontal Assessment Battery, GDS Geriatric Depression Scale, NMSS Non-Motor Symptoms Scale, B-SIT Brief Smell Identification Test, RBDSQ Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behavior Disorder Screening Questionnaire, LEDD levodopa equivalent daily dose.