Homocysteine Levels in Parkinson’s Disease: Is Entacapone Effective?

Table 1

Demographic data, clinical characteristics, and serum vitamin B12, folic acid, and homocysteine levels of patients.

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Age (years)	70 (40–89)
Male/female	54 (54%)/46 (46%)
Duration of PD (years)	5 (1–24)
Age of onset (years)	65 (32–86)
UPDRS II score	10 (2–36)
UPDRS III score	15 (6–43)
mHY stage	2 (1–5)
SMMT score	24 (10–30)
Hcy (mol/L)	14.45 (5.18–54.3)
Vitamin B12 (pg/mL)	263.5 (58–990)
Folic acid (ng/mL)	9.29 ± 3.44

Data reported as median (minimum–maximum) except folic acid values. Folic acid values reported as mean ± SD.
PD: Parkinson’s disease; UPDRS: Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale; mHY: modified Hoehn and Yahr staging scale; SMMT: Standardized Mini-Mental Test; Hcy: homocysteine.