Research Article

[Retracted] Measuring Subthalamic Nucleus Volume of Parkinson’s Patients and Evaluating Its Relationship with Clinical Scales at Pre- and Postdeep Brain Stimulation Treatment: A Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study

Table 1

Clinical information of PD patients and control subjects.

PDControlTest statistic value

Age, years ()0.0260.872
Sex1.9360.586
 Male3323
 Female2627
Disease duration, years
  ≥ 1019
 5–1022
  ≤ 518
Onset (affected area)
 Left limb15
 Right limb44
Electrode implantation
 Bilateral STN57
 Bilateral GPi2

GPi: internal globus pallidus; PD: Parkinson’s disease; SD: standard deviation; STN: subthalamic nucleus.