Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation in Early Stage Parkinson’s Disease Is Not Associated with Increased Body Mass Index

Table 1

Characteristics at baseline.

Characteristic	ODT ( = 14)	DBS + ODT ( = 15)
Gender
Male	12	14
Female	2	1
Age (years)
Mean
Range	51–69	52–74
Baseline medicine use
Mean duration (years)
Mean L-dopa equivalents (mg/day)
BMI category
Healthy (18.5 < BMI ≤ 24.9)	1	0
Overweight (24.9 < BMI < 30)	7	7
Obese (BMI ≥ 30)	6	8
BMI (kg/m^2)

Modified Table  1 from [10]. Mean ± SD.