Research Article

Analysis of LRRK2, SNCA, and ITGA8 Gene Variants with Sporadic Parkinson’s Disease Susceptibility in Chinese Han Population

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of Parkinson’s disease (PD) cases and controls.

Characteristics Cases = 583Controls = 553

Gender (, %)
 Female32054.9 28651.7
 Male26345.1 26748.3
Age at collection (mean, SD)65.10 8.90 65.37 9.03
Age at onset (, %)
 <5013122.5n.a.n.a.
 ≧5045277.5n.a.n.a.

All the subjects were ethnic Hans; PD compared with controls by gender: ; PD compared with controls by age: ; n.a.: not applicable.