Research Article
Patient Knowledge and Attitudes towards Genetic Testing in Parkinson’s Disease Subjects with Deep Brain Stimulation
Table 1
Demographics and subject characteristics.
| Age, mean (SD) | 63.67 (7.72) | Sex, n (%) | | Male | 59 (67.0) | female | 29 (33.0) | Ethnicity, n (%) | | Caucasian | 76 (86.4) | AA | 1 (1.1) | Hispanic | 2 (2.3) | Ashkenazi Jewish | 1 (1.1) | Others | 3 (3.4) | Missing | 6 (5.7) | Education, n (%) | | Postcollege degree | 23 (26.1) | College degree | 24 (27.3) | Some college | 16 (18.2) | High school diploma | 20 (22.7) | K-8 | 1 (1.1) | Not available | 4 (4.5) | Age of onset, mean (SD) | 47.02 (9.24) | Disease duration, mean (SD) | 16.54 (6.28) | UPDRS-III, mean (SD) | 24.24 (11.11) | 1st degree relative with PD, n (%) | | No | 66 (75.0) | Yes | 22 (25.0) |
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