Mortality in Levodopa-Treated Parkinson's Disease

Table 5

Levodopa treatment parameters.

	𝑛	Total sample (𝑛=211)		Men		Women		𝑃
		Range	Mean (SD)	𝑛	Mean (SD)	𝑛	Mean (SD)
L-dopa delay	197	0–15	2 (3)	124	2 (3)	73	3 (3)	0.31
L-dopa duration	197	1–30	9 (6)	124	9 (6)	73	9 (6)	0.66
L-dopa max	169	150–2250	833 (429)	108	870 (441)	61	767 (403)	0.16

L-dopa delay: years from PD onset until L-dopa initiation; L-dopa duration: years of L-dopa treatment; L-dopa max: maximum recorded L-dopa dose in milligrams.