Clinical Study

Altered Body Composition and Increased Resting Metabolic Rate Associated with the Postural Instability/Gait Difficulty Parkinson’s Disease Subtype

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Body fat mass (a), resting metabolic rate (RMR) (b), self-reported weight change (c), and RMR per kg of total body weight (d), in PD patients and controls. PD-PIGD (PD1) versus PD-TD + indeterminate (PD2); PD-PIGD (PD1) versus PD-TD + indeterminate (PD2); PD-PIGD (PD1) versus controls; PD-PIGD (PD1) versus controls; PD-TD + indeterminate (PD2) versus controls. PD patients: Parkinson’s disease patients; PD-PIGD: Parkinson’s disease postural instability/gait difficulty; PD-TD + indeterminate: Parkinson’s disease tremor dominant; RMR: resting metabolic rate; RMR/KG: resting metabolic rate per kilogram of total body weight; Self-reported weight change: calculated as the difference between actual weight and usual weight.
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