Table 1 Comparison of demographic and clinical features between PD and PSP patients.

From: Gait analysis may distinguish progressive supranuclear palsy and Parkinson disease since the earliest stages

Feature

PD

PSP

p-value

Newly diagnosed PD

Early PSP

p-value

Age

63.27 ± 8.54

67.81 ± 7.48

0.027*

63.33 ± 8.74

63.50 ± 5.96

0.845

Gender (M/F)

55/28

11/10

0.238

17/10

7/5

0.784

Disease duration (years)

3.46 ± 3.20

2.52 ± 1.17

0.496

< 1

1.75 ± 0.43

NA

Levodopa Equivalent Daily dose (mg)

377.18 ± 39

6.70

409.44 ± 258.9

0.411

0.00 ± 0.00

319.00 ± 177

80

NA

Body Mass Index

27.17 ± 3.38

28.33 ± 4.68

0.265

26.18 ± 3.06

26.73 ± 4.61

0.849

Hoehn & Yahr

1.69 ± 0.47

2.32 ± 0.50

< 0.001*

1.42 ± 0.50

2.22 ± 0.47

0.001*

MDS-UPDRS: part III

19.46 ± 8.99

-

NA

12.85 ± 6.17

NA

PSP-RS V

5.81 ± 2.73

NA

5,.3 ± 2.87

NA

PSP-RS VI

7.28 ± 4.55

NA

6.58 ± 3.73

NA

Mini-mental state examination

26.87 ± 2.31

25.16 ± 3.06

0.003*

26.92 ± 2.21

25.58 ± 2.75

0.071

  1. NA not applicable, PD Parkinson’s disease, PSP progressive supranuclear palsy, MDS-UPDRS movement disorder society unified Parkinson’s disease rating scale, PSP-RS progressive supranuclear palsy rating scale.
  2. *significance level at 0.05.