Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics

From: Prevalence of low muscle mass and its association with orthostatic hypotension and related symptoms in Parkinson’s disease

 

PD

  

P valuea

Matched control

P valueb

Variables

Total

LMM

NMM

   

No. of participants

409

143

266

2045

Age, y

71.1 (9.5)

74.0 (9.1)

69.4 (9.2)

<0.001

70.8 (7.8)

0.515

Male, %

214 (52.3%)

94 (65.7%)

120 (45.1%)

<0.001

1024 (50.1%)

0.406

Age of onset, y

66.2 (10.1)

69.3 (10.0)

64.6 (9.8)

<0.001

Disease duration, y

4.8 (4.7)

4.7 (4.8)

4.8 (4.6)

0.875

H&Y stage

2.1 (0.5)

2.1 (0.6)

2.1 (0.5)

0.160

Height, cm

159.5 (9.7)

161.7 (8.7)

158.3 (10.1)

<0.001

159.5 (9.1)

0.969

Weight, kg

61.1 (11.2)

56.2 (8.5)

63.8 (11.5)

<0.001

61.9 (10.7)

0.165

BMI, kg/m2

24.0 (3.7)

21.6 (3.4)

25.4 (3.2)

<0.001

24.3 (3.3)

0.075

ASMI, kg/m2

6.6 (1.1)

5.8 (0.8)

7.1 (1.0)

<0.001

6.7 (0.9)

0.044

MDS-UPDRS Part 1 score

8.8 (5.6)

9.1 (5.2)

8.7 (5.8)

0.530

MDS-UPDRS Part 2 score

6.9 (5.5)

7.2 (5.5)

6.8 (5.5)

0.432

MDS-UPDRS Part 3 score

25.4 (13.7)

26.5 (13.8)

24.7 (13.7)

0.212

GDS score

4.6 (4.2)

4.8 (4.1)

4.5 (4.3)

0.416

MoCA score

20.0 (5.9)

19.0 (6.0)

20.5 (5.7)

0.020

SCOPA-AUT score

12.1 (7.2)

12.8 (6.7)

11.8 (7.4)

0.193

SBP, mmHg

142.2 (19.4)

142.1 (19.9)

142.3 (19.2)

0.936

DBP, mmHg

80.0 (10.9)

79.7 (11.3)

80.2 (10.7)

0.602

HR, beats/min

71.8 (11.5)

72.2 (11.7)

71.7 (11.4)

0.819

  1. Data are shown as n (%) or the mean (standard deviation).
  2. ASMI appendicular skeletal muscle mass index, BMI body mass index, DBP diastolic blood pressure, GDS Geriatric Depression Scale, HR heart rate, H&Y Hoehn & Yahr, LMM low muscle mass, MDS-UPDRS Movement Disorder Society Unified PD Rating Scale, MoCA Montreal Cognitive Assessment, NMM normal muscle mass, PD Parkinson’s disease, SBP systolic blood pressure, SCOPA-AUT Scales for Outcomes in Parkinson’s Disease–Autonomic Dysfunction.
  3. aComparison between LMM and NMM.
  4. bComparison between PD and Control.