Clinical Study

Nonmotor Symptoms Groups in Parkinson's Disease Patients: Results of a Pilot, Exploratory Study

Table 1

Patients characteristics.

Males/Females (%)36 (51)/35 (49)
Age (Mean ± SD)68.5 ± 8.7
UPDRS II+III in ON (Mean ± SD)29.1 ± 14.1
Hoehn&Yahr score
I10 (14)
I.513 (18)
II/II.523 (32)
III16 (23)
IV/V9 (13)
PD duration (Mean ± SD)7.7 ± 5.7 years
(range: 1–20)
No dopaminergic therapy (%)15 (21)
Levodopa (%)45 (63)
Dopamine agonists (%)42 (60)
LDED (Mean ± SD)596 ± 462
Diskinesias (%)34 (47)
Wearing off (%)35 (49)

LDED: levodopa equivalent daily dose; PD: Parkinson’s Disease; SD: standard deviation.