Table 1 Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics in the dilution cohort and stratified by genetic GBA1 status

From: Quantification of cerebrospinal fluid α-synuclein seeds by endpoint dilution seed amplification assay in Parkinson’s disease

 

Whole N = 260

Sporadic PD n = 220

PD GBA n = 40

Sex, male, n (%)

181 (69.6)

158 (71.8)

23 (57.5)

Age at visit, yearsa

66.8 (57.0–72.4)

67.6 (59.4–73.3)

58.6 (53.2–67.6)

Age at onset, yearsa

59.0 (51.0–65.0)

60.0 (51.3–67.0)

51.0 (45.5–60.0)

Disease duration at first sampling, yearsa

6.0 (2.8–10.1)

5.9 (2.7–10.0)

6.2 (4.1–10.2)

Time from first visit to last visit, monthsa

56.0 (21.0–104.5)

53.5 (19.3–108.0)

81.0 (30.5–102.5)

Time from baseline to last visit, monthsa

25.0 (0.0–61.0)

25.0 (0.0–66.0)

26.0 (8.0–47.0)

H&Ya

2.0 (2.0–2.5)

2.0 (2.0–2.5)

2.0 (2.0–3.0)

UPDRS part IIIa

25.0 (17.0–33.0)

25.0 (17.0–33.0)

28.0 (18.0–36.0)

MoCAa

26.0 (22.0–28.0)

26.0 (22.0–28.0)

27.5 (22.0–29.0)

BDI IIa

8.0 (4.0–14.0)

8.0 (4.0–14.0)

8.0 (3.0–13.0)

LEDDa

534 (300–850)

534 (300–836)

485 (285–916)

Sniffin sticks (%)a

41.7 (29.2–62.5)

41.7 (33.3–66.7)

45.8 (14.6–58.3)

Presence of RBDb

111/225 (49.3)

89/189 (47.1)

22/36 (61.1)

Presence of hyposmiab

70/74 (94.6)

60/64 (93.8)

10/10 (100)

Presence of hallucinationsb

60/244 (24.6)

50/206 (24.3)

10/38 (26.3)

Presence of orthostatic hypotensionb

112/244 (45.9)

92/209 (44.0)

20/35 (57.1)

Presence of constipationb

128/251 (51.0)

106/213 (49.8)

22/38 (57.9)

Presence of urgeb

157/248 (63.3)

129/212 (60.8)

28/36 (77.8)

Presence of malignant phenotypeb,c

13/68 (19.1)

11/59 (18.6)

2/9 (22.2)

Presence of motor wearing-offb

25/199 (12.6)

14/165 (8.5)

11/34 (32.4)

Presence of dyskinesiasb

23/178 (12.9)

16/145 (11.0)

7/33 (21.2)

Presence of freezing of gaitb

31/197 (15.7)

18/161 (11.2)

13/36 (36.1)

Presence of repeated fallsb

47/214 (22.0)

36/178 (20.2)

11/36 (30.6)

log10SD50/mla

1.14 (0.89–1.39)

1.14 (0.91–1.38)

1.16 (0.86–1.40)

  1. Baseline was defined as the timepoint of the first available SAA-positive CSF sample.
  2. BDI II Beck Depression Inventory-II, H&Y Hoehn and Yahr, LEDD Levodopa-Equivalent Daily Dose, MoCA Montreal Cognitive Assessment, PD Parkinson’s disease, RBD REM sleep behaviour disorder, UPDRS part III Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale part III.
  3. aData are expressed as median (interquartile range).
  4. bData are expressed as number/number of participants with available data (%).
  5. cCombination of RBD, hyposmia, hallucinations, and cognitive impairment.