Research Article
Prevalence and Clinical Characteristics of Probable REM Behavior Disorder in Thai Parkinson’s Disease Patients
Table 1
Comparison of characteristics between PD without RBD and PD with RBD.
| | Variables | PD without pRBD (N = 72) | PD with pRBD (N = 68) | value |
| | Age (year: mean ± SD) | 65.0 ± 10.2 | 63.1 ± 9.7 | 0.54 | | Gender: male: n (%) | 35 (48.6%) | 38 (55.9%) | 0.39 | | Disease duration (year: mean, range) | 4.9 ± 2.9 | 5.0 ± 3.4 | 0.96 | | Hoehn and Yahr stage: stages 3, 4: n (%) | 25 (34.7%) | 28 (41.2%) | 0.43 | | Levodopa equivalent dosage (mg/day: mean ± SD) | 566 ± 325 | 742 ± 527 | <0.01 | | Motor symptom | | | | | Tremor: n (%) | 50 (69.4%) | 55 (80.9%) | 0.12 | | Rigidity: n (%) | 48 (66.7%) | 52 (76.5%) | 0.20 | | Freezing of gait: n (%) | 18 (25.0%) | 25 (36.8%) | 0.13 | | Motor fluctuation symptom: n (%) | 23 (31.9%) | 33 (48.5%) | 0.04 | | Nonmotor symptom | | | | | Symptomatic orthostatic hypotension: n (%) | 6 (8.3%) | 24 (35.3%) | <0.01 | | Morning dizziness without OH: n (%) | 8 (11.1%) | 15 (22.1%) | 0.08 | | Depression or apathy: n (%) | 13 (18.1%) | 15 (22.1%) | 0.55 | | Hallucination: n (%) | 12 (16.7%) | 9 (13.2%) | 0.58 | | Diagnosed dementia: n (%) | 14 (19.4%) | 12 (17.6%) | 0.45 |
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