Clinical Study

Restless Legs Syndrome and Its Associated Risk Factors in Parkinson’s Disease

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of study population.


Age, years, mean (SD)64.8 (9.0)
Sex, n (%)
 Male60 (53.1)
 Female53 (46.9)
Ethnicity, n (%)
 Malay32 (28.3)
 Chinese71 (62.8)
 Indian8 (7.1)
 Others2 (1.8)
Duration of illness of PD, years5 (2.0–8.0)
Levodopa dose, mg300 (450)
LEU of dopamine agonist, mg0 (75)
Total LEU, mg350 (480)
Hoehn and Yahr stage2 (2.0-3.0)
 Stage 1, n (%)26 (23)
 Stage 2, n (%)54 (48.7)
 Stage 3, n (%)30 (26.5)
 Stage 4, n (%)2 (1.8)

Data is expressed as median (IQR) unless otherwise stated.
LEU: levodopa equivalence unit; total LEU: levodopa plus LEU of dopamine agonist.