Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study participants

From: Self-perceived life course sleep duration trajectories and risk and age at onset of Parkinson’s disease

 

PPMI-Online

Fox Insight

 

No PD

PD

P value a

PD

 

(n = 10,245)

(n = 5660)

(n = 1929)

Age at sleep report (years), Mean (SD)

65.8 (7.97)

69.7 (7.27)

<0.001

67.5 (6.87)

Age at onset of PD (years), Mean (SD)

NA

65.3 (7.57)

NA

62.9 (6.96)

Follow-up since enrollment (months), Mean (SD)

23.0 (8.58)

22.2 (8.91)

<0.001

68.1 (10.1)

Sex (Female), No (%)

6428 (62.7%)

2367 (41.8%)

<0.001

940 (48.7%)

Race (Non-White), No (%)

399 (3.9%)

196 (3.6%)

0.12

38 (2.0%)

Education b

17.0 (3.20)

16.5 (3.56)

<0.001

68.3% > = Bachelor’s degree

Yearly Household Income, No (%)

  

<0.001

 

 <$50,000

1029 (10.0%)

707 (12.5%)

 

452 (23.4%)

 $50,000 to $99,999

2637 (25.7%)

1517 (26.8%)

 

625 (32.4%)

 More than $100,000

4971 (48.5%)

2473 (43.7%)

 

562 (29.1%)

 Prefer not to answer

1331 (13.0%)

791 (14.0%)

 

287 (14.9%)

 Missing

277 (2.70%)

172 (3.0%)

 

3 (0.2%)

Family history of PD No (%)

5965 (58.2%)

1664 (29.4%)

<0.001

525 (27.2%)

RBD1Q

  

<0.001

 

 No

7566 (73.9%)

2646 (46.7%)

 

1141 (59.1%)

 Yes

2320 (22.6%)

2766 (48.9%)

 

779 (40.3%)

 Not sure or Prefer not to answer

358 (3.5%)

245 (4.4%)

 

NA

MDS-UPDRS part I, Mean (SD)

5.26 (3.95)

8.84 (4.51)

<0.001

NA

MDS-UPDRS part II, Mean (SD)

1.77 (3.49)

10.5 (7.49)

<0.001

10.8 (7.45)

PDAQ-15, Mean (SD)

54.6 (6.10)

51.0 (9.11)

<0.001

51.8 (8.98)

GDS-15, Mean (SD)

2.41 (2.90)

3.68 (3.44)

<0.001

3.46 (3.37)

PAS, Mean (SD)

7.23 (6.74)

9.44 (7.55)

<0.001

NA

ESS, Mean (SD)

5.95 (3.61)

7.18 (4.20)

<0.001

NA

PDSS2, Mean (SD)

11.7 (6.89)

16.5 (8.46)

<0.001

NA

  1. PD Parkinson’s disease, RBD1Q Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behavior Disorder Single-Question Screen, MDS-UPDRS Movement Disorder Society-sponsored revision of the Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale, PDAQ15 The Penn Parkinson’s Daily Activities Questionnaire-15, GDS-15 Geriatric Depression Scale-15, PAS Parkinson Anxiety Scale, ESS Epworth Sleepiness Scale, PDSS2 The Parkinson’s Disease Sleep Scale–2.
  2. aIndependent t-test for continuous variable, chi-square test for categorical variable.
  3. bNumeric (years of education) for PPMI-Online, and categorical for Fox Insight.