Research Article
Age Matters: Objective Gait Assessment in Early Parkinson’s Disease Using an RGB-D Camera
Table 2
PD patient characteristics by age group.
| Variables | 40–59 years | 60–66 years | 67–75 years | 76–88 years | (n = 8) | (n = 7) | (n = 9) | (n = 6) |
| Years of disease | 1 (IQR 0–4) | 6 (IQR 3–7) | 6 (IQR 2–7) | 5.5 (IQR 1–9) |
| Age at diagnosis | 52 (43–56.5) | 59 (55–63) | 64 (61–70) | 74.5 (71–76) |
| Subtype of PD | TD | 3 (37.50%) | 1 (14.29%) | 2 (22.22%) | 2 (33.33%) | PIGD | 5 (62.50%) | 6 (85.71%) | 7 (77.78%) | 4 (66.67%) |
| Hoehn and Yahr scale | I | 4 (50%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (11.11%) | 0 (0%) | II | 3 (37.50%) | 6 (85.71%) | 7 (77.78%) | 6 (100%) | III | 1 (12.50%) | 1 (14.29%) | 1 (11.11%) | 0 (0%) |
| Test | MDS-UPDRS part III | 39.5 ± 18.44 | 41.71 ± 13.12 | 33.66 ± 12.44 | 43.5 ± 8.84 | FOGQ | 4.87 ± 5.59 | 7.71 ± 4.99 | 6.88 ± 4.72 | 7.83 ± 4.95 | DGI | 21.62 ± 2.87 | 19.42 ± 3.15 | 18.88 ± 3.98 | 18.83 ± 6.27 | Patients with fall risk | 1 (6.25%) | 1 (6.67%) | 4 (23.53%) | 2 (16.67%) | MoCA test | 23 (20.5–24) | 24 (24–26) | 20 (15–24) | 18.5 (17–22) |
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