Research Article
Age Matters: Objective Gait Assessment in Early Parkinson’s Disease Using an RGB-D Camera
Table 1
Clinical background and characteristics of the sample.
| Variables | PD patients | Healthy subjects | value | (n = 30) | (n = 30) |
| Age | Years (median, IQR) | 66 (IQR 59–75) | 66 (IQR 59–75) | 0.88 | 40–59 | 8 (26.6%) | 8 (27) | 0.90 | 60–66 | 8 (26.6%) | 7 (25%) | 67–75 | 8 (26.6%) | 9 (28%) | 76–88 | 6 (20%) | 6 (20%) |
| Gender | Male | 17 (57%) | 19 (63%) | 0.60 | Female | 13 (43%) | 11 (36%) |
| Education | Elementary school | 9 (30%) | 5 (17%) | 0.20 | Highschool | 10 (33%) | 10 (33%) | Graduate | 11 (37%) | 15 (50%) |
| Occupation | Employee | 8 (27%) | 15 (50%) | 0.08 | Housewife | 7 (23%) | 5 (17%) | Retired | 15 (50%) | 10 (33%) | MoCA test | 22 (IQR 16–26) | 22.5 (IQR 21–24) | 0.57 |
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