Functional Performance and Associations between Performance Tests and Neurological Assessment Differ in Men and Women with Parkinson’s Disease

Table 2

Motor performance of PD patients, by gender.

Variable	Total PD patients ()	Male PD patients ()	Female PD patients ()	value
TUG time, s (SD)	8.56 (3.80)	6.89 (1.40)	10.22 (4.7)	0.023
TUG velocity, m/s (SD)	0.78 (0.21)	0.90 (0.16)	0.66 (0.19)	0.001
CWS, m/s (SD)	1.27 (0.30)	1.39 (0.25)	1.15 (0.30)	0.030
FWS, m/s (SD)	1.73 (0.54)	2.06 (0.42)	1.40 (0.43)	0.000
FMWS, m/s (SD)	1.97 (0.54)	2.29 (0.35)	1.65 (0.52)	0.001
%CWS_FWS (SD)	35.2 (27.1)	50.0 (29.0)	20.4 (14.3)	0.003
%CWS_FMWS (SD)	54.6 (25.5)	67.2 (27.1)	41.9 (16.5)	0.007

PD: Parkinson’s disease; : number of patients; value: statistical significance probability; TUG time: the average duration of timed-up-and-go-test; s: second; SD: standard deviation; TUG velocity: the velocity calculated based on duration of timed-up-and-go-test; m/s: meters per second; CWS: customary walking speed during 10 m walk test; FWS: fast walking speed during 10 m walk test; FMWS: fast motivated walking speed during 10 m walk test; %CWS_FWS: the percentage of difference in FWS compared to CWS; CWS_FMWS: the percentage of difference in FMWS compared to CWS.