Table 4 Clinical characteristics of MSA patients with or without cognitive impairment.

From: A study on the characteristics of cognitive function in patients with multiple system atrophy in China

Clinical characteristics

MSA patients with cognitive impairment (n = 155)

MSA patients with normal cognitive function (n = 101)

P value

Age (years)

57.8 (7.3)

54.9 (8.5)

< 0.01

Education duration (years)

11.1 (4.2)

13.3 (2.9)

0.32

Sex (female) (%)

41.9

40.6

< 0.01

Duration of disease (years)

3.5 (1.9)

3.2 (1.7)

< 0.01

UMSARS I

22.6 (6.7)

19.0 (5.4)

< 0.01

UMSARS II

22.2 (8.9)

16.3 (8.9)

< 0.01

UMSARS IVa

3.0 (2.0)

2.0 (2.0)

< 0.01

  1. Data are expressed as mean (standard deviation).
  2. aThe data are expressed as median (interquartile range).