Research Article
Skin Temperature in Parkinson’s Disease Measured by Infrared Thermography
| | Demographics | PD patients (n = 21) | Healthy controls (n = 19) | value |
| | Age, years: mean ± SD (range) | 66.7 ± 7.5 (52–84) | 66.1 ± 5.4 (54–74) | 0.8 | | Gender, M/F | 13/8 | 12/7 | >0.99 | | BMI, kg/m2: mean ± SD | 26.6 ± 3.7 | 24.5 ± 3.5 | 0.080 | | UPDRS, median (range) | 20 (8–33) | NA | NA | | H&Y stage, I/II/III | 7/12/2 | NA | NA | | Duration of disease, months: mean ± SD (range) | 57.9 ± 34.8 (17–149) | NA | NA | | Worse hemibody, right/left/symmetrical | 13/8/0 | NA | NA | | LEDD, mg: median (range) | 315 (15–1155) | NA | NA | | SCOPA-AUT, mean ± SD | 12.5 ± 6.8 | 3.6 ± 3.4 | <0.0001 | | RBDSQ, mean ± SD | 3.9 ± 3.1 | 0.7 ± 1.2 | 0.0002 |
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