Research Article

Does the Personality of Patients with Parkinson’s Disease Affect the Decision to Perform Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery? A Cross-Sectional Study in a Chinese Cohort

Table 1

Demographics and clinical feathers in all subjects.

PDHC (51) value
PD-DBS (38)PD-MED (40) value

Age (years)0.0570.067
Duration (years)0.074
H&Y stage0.198
Sex (F/M), no.17 : 2114 : 260.38031 : 200.052
Total LEDD (mg)0.199
 Levodopa (mg/d)0.154
 DA agonist LED (mg/d)0.528
UPDRS III0.0735

Note: data are given as the . UPDRS III: Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale, part III. Note: . , and plus if taking COMT-I.