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

Table 3

RMR of PD patients and control subjects.

Variables	PD patients (n = 26)		Controls (n = 29)		value
	Mean	SD or %	Mean	SD or %
Age (years)	67.3	±12.3	63.6	±11.8	0.105
Gender
Male	13	50%	9	31%	0.247
Female	13	50%	20	69%
Weight (kg)	67.9	±13.4	72.5	±13.9	0.793
Height (cm)	163.0	±13.4	162.1	±8.4	0.214
RMR (kcal/day)	1062.1	±330.0	872.9	±184.3	0.010
RMR/KG (kcal/day/kg)	16.0	±4.6	12.4	±3.4	0.002

RMR: resting metabolic rate; RMR/KG: resting metabolic rate per kilogram of total body weight. All values are expressed as mean ± SD or as absolute numbers and percentage. The statistics used were t-test and χ² test.