Gastrointestinal Dysfunction in Chinese Patients with Parkinson’s Disease

Table 3

Factors influencing some of the symptoms related to the digestive system.

	Beta	Wald		OR	95%CI
Dry mouth
Sex	−0.142	0.111	0.74	0.868	0.377–2.000
Age	−0.002	0.005	0.942	0.998	0.948–1.051
BMI	−0.032	2.187	0.139	0.969	0.929–1.010
Disease duration	0.04	0.778	0.378	1.041	0.952–1.139
Motor symptoms	−0.657	2.309	0.129	0.518	0.222–1.201
Dysgeusia
Sex	−3.189	23.155	<0.001	0.041	0.011–0.151
Age	0.02	0.384	0.535	1.02	0.958–1.086
BMI	0.027	0.897	0.344	1.027	0.972–1.087
Disease duration	0.024	0.146	0.702	1.024	0.908–1.155
Motor symptoms	−0.322	0.396	0.529	0.725	0.266–1.973
Dysphagia
Sex	−3.131	8.481	0.004	0.044	0.005–0.359
Age	−0.002	0.002	0.967	0.998	0.929–1.073
BMI	−0.021	0.365	0.546	0.979	0.914–1.049
Disease duration	0.038	0.261	0.609	1.039	0.898–1.202
Motor symptoms	0.249	0.182	0.669	1.282	0.410–4.014
Early satiety
Sex	−3.543	10.918	0.001	0.029	0.004–0.237
Age	0.009	0.063	0.802	1.009	0.941–1.082
BMI	0.016	0.242	0.623	1.016	0.954–1.083
Disease duration	−0.029	0.137	0.711	0.972	0.835–1.131
Motor symptoms	0.172	0.099	0.753	1.188	0.406–3.479
Loss of appetite
Sex	0.313	0.479	0.489	1.368	0.563–3.320
Age	−0.012	0.18	0.672	0.988	0.935–1.044
BMI	0.041	3.653	0.058	1.042	1.010–1.089
Disease duration	−0.024	0.26	0.61	0.977	0.892–1.070
Motor symptoms	0.749	2.498	0.114	2.114	0.835–5.351
Constipation
Sex	−1.165	7.224	0.007	0.312	0.133–0.729
Age	0.016	0.356	0.551	1.016	0.965–1.070
BMI	0.001	0.002	0.965	1.001	0.960–1.044
Disease duration	−0.006	0.046	0.9	0.994	0.908–1.089
Motor symptoms	−0.531	1.546	0.214	0.588	0.255–1.358