Correlation between Serum RANTES Levels and the Severity of Parkinson’s Disease

Table 1

Characteristics of subjects.

Subjects	PD	CTRL
	78	80
M/F	60/18	59/21
Smoking	10	18
Alcohol habits	12	16
Age (years)	76.3 ± 5.0	75.4 ± 4.4
H-Y scale	2.60 ± 1.26
Duration (years)	5.51 ± 5.21
UPDRS I	2.85 ± 2.12
UPDRS II	13.88 ± 7.108
UPDRS III	27.15 ± 12.42
RANTES (ng/mL)	36.72 ± 16.61^*	31.13 ± 10.65
IL-6 (pg/mL)	4.67 ± 3.64^#	2.66 ± 1.91

Data are presented as mean ± SD. PD: Parkinson’s disease; CTRL: control group; H-Y scale: Hoehn-Yahr scale; UPDRS: Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale; RANTES: regulated on activation, normal T cell expressed and secreted; IL-6: interleukin-6.
and versus CTRL (Student’s -test).