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 | | I | 10 (14) | I.5 | 13 (18) | II/II.5 | 23 (32) | III | 16 (23) | IV/V | 9 (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) |
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LDED: levodopa equivalent daily dose; PD: Parkinson’s Disease; SD: standard deviation.
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