Abnormal Cerebrovascular Reactivity in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease

Table 2

Clinical and demographic data for the PD patients with and without orthostatic hypotension.

	PD without OH	PD with OH
Mean age (years)	62 ± 14.16	71.8 ± 7.89
Gender
M	3	5
F	2	1
Age of onset (years)	56 ± 16.58	68.5 ± 7.4
Disease duration (years)	6 ± 3.54	3.33 ± 1.03
Duration of L-dopa use (years)	4.3 ± 3.03	3.17 ± 1.33
Duration of disease before L-dopa started (years)	1.7 ± 2.11	0.17 ± 0.41
Predominance of symptoms
Predominantly akinetic-rigid	4	4
Predominant tremor	1	2
Dizziness and falls
Yes	2	5
No	3	1
UPDRS	11,6 ± 7,23	15,167 ± 13,41
Hoehn and Yahr [1]	1,8 ± 1,1	2 ± 1,1

Note: PD = Parkinson’s disease; OH = orthostatic hypotension.