Research Article

The Single Nucleotide Polymorphism rs1014290 of the SLC2A9 Gene Is Associated with Uric Acid Metabolism in Parkinson’s Disease

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of study participants. The mean onset age of PD patients with the rs1014290 CC genotype was lower than that of those with the TT + TC genotype.

GroupPD1Controls2
CCTT + CTCCTT + CT

Number (M/F)66 (37/29)154 (84/70)17 (8/9)93 (52/41)
Age (years)0.0090.933
Age at onset (years)0.005
Course of disease0.699
UPDRS motor scale0.956
H-Y score0.714