Patients with Parkinson Disease in a Traditional Korean Medicine Hospital: A Five-Year Audit

Table 2

Clinical characteristics of patients.

Characteristics	Total numbers of patients	Results
Diagnosed/undiagnosed^†, n (%)	618	418/200 (67.6/32.4)
Age of onset (yrs)	609	65.46 ± 10.36
Disease duration (yrs)	609	2.61 ± 2.95
Duration of anti-Parkinsonian medication (yrs)	324	2.56 ± 2.94
Surgery history, n (%)	618	3 (0.5)
Deep brain stimulation	618	3 (0.5)
Others (pallidectomy and thalamotomy)	618	0 (0)
Hoehn and Yahr Stage	617	1^‡
Stage I, n (%)		314 (50.9)
Stage II, n (%)		213 (34.5)
Stage III, n (%)		75 (12.2)
Stage IV, n (%)		3 (0.5)
Stage V, n (%)		12 (1.9)
Major symptoms	618
Tremor		336 (54.4)
Bradykinesia		277 (44.8)
Rigidity		143 (23.1)
Postural instability		73 (11.8)
Gait disturbance		349 (56.5)
Nonmotor symptoms		295 (47.7)

Values are mean ± SD or number (%). ^†Whether to diagnose at the time of initial stage. ^‡Median value. Overlapped symptoms included.