Research Article
Housing and Health: Very Old People with Self-Reported Parkinson’s Disease versus Controls
Table 1
Sample characteristics: very old people reporting having Parkinson’s disease (PD) (n = 20) and controls not reporting having PD (n = 60).
| Variable | PD, n = 20 | Controls, n = 60 |
| Age, mean (SD, min–max)a | 82 (3.6, 76–90) | 82 (3.6, 76–91) | Sex, n women/men (% women)a | 15/5 (75) | 45/15 (75) | Country, n (%)a | | | Germany | 4 (20) | 12 (20) | Hungary | 7 (35) | 21 (35) | Latvia | 4 (20) | 12 (20) | Sweden | 1 (5) | 3 (5) | United Kingdom | 4 (20) | 12 (20) | Type of housing, n (%)a | | | Multidwelling block | 16 (80) | 48 (80) | One-family house | 2 (10) | 6 (10) | Semidetached/two-family house | 1 (5) | 3 (5) | Other | 1 (5) | 3 (5) |
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