Table 1 Comparison of the PD group and the outpatients population.

From: Helicobacter pylori infection might be a protective factor against Parkinson’s disease

Characteristic

PD(315)

outpatients(22383)

P value

Sex, n (%)

 Male

157(49.8)

9384(41.9)

0.003

 Female

158(50.2)

12,999(58.1)

 

 Age, M(SD)

64.67(10.2)

45.14(14.3)

<0.001

Area, n (%)

 Urban

143(45.4)

18,754(83.8)

<0.001

 Rural

172(54.6)

3629(16.2)

 

 Hypertension, n (%)

83(26.3)

2080(9.3)

<0.001

 Diabetes Mellitus, n (%)

36(11.4)

1049(4.7)

<0.001

 Coronary Artery Disease, n (%)

12(3.8)

316(1.4)

<0.001

 Peptic ulcer, n (%)

11(3.5)

731(3.3)

0.823

 Digestive tract cancer, n (%)

3(1.0%)

452(2.0%)

0.180

  1. n (%) indicates the number of constituents (n) and the composition ratio (%).