Nonmotor Symptoms in a Malaysian Parkinson’s Disease Population
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of study population.
Age; mean (SD)
64.8 (9.0)
Sex
Male
60 (53.1%)
Female
53 (46.9%)
Race
Malay
32 (28.3%)
Chinese
71 (62.8%)
Indian
8 (7.1%)
Others
2 (1.8%)
Age of onset of PD, years; mean (SD)
59 (9.9)
Duration of illness of PD, years
5 (2.0–8.0)
Hoehn and Yahr
2 (2.0–3.0)
Stage 1
26 (23%)
Stage 2
54 (48.7%)
Stage 3
30 (26.5%)
Stage 4
2 (1.8%)
Total PDQ-39 score
13.0 (5.0–28.0)
Total NMSS score
9.0 (6.0–15.0)
Data is expressed as median (IQR) unless otherwise stated. PDQ-39: the 39-item Parkinson’s disease questionnaire (range of score 0–100); NMSS: nonmotor symptoms scale for Parkinson’s disease (range of possible scores 0–360).