Early Freezing of Gait: Atypical versus Typical Parkinson Disorders

Table 1

Demographics of freezing of gait (FOG) patients unresponsive to levodopa compared to those of FOG patients responsive to levodopa.

Patient demographics	FOG patients; unresponsive to; levodopa ()^*	FOG patients; responsive to; levodopa ()	Significance^†
Age (yrs)	66.9 ± 7.1	67.4 ± 6.7	NS
Disease duration (yrs)	3.6 ± 0.9	4.2 ± 0.7	= 0.036
Hoehn and Yahr stage ≥4	7/18	2/21	Odds ratio; 6.05,; 95% CI 1.06–34.4; = 0.043
≥2 falls/month	15/18	11/21	Odds ratio; 4.6,; 95% CI 1.01–20.5; = 0.05

In the group, 12 patients had atypical parkinsonism and 6 had PD.
Significant values are indicated in bold.
FOG: freezing of gait; PD: Parkinson’s disease.