Research Article

Analysis of Motor Complication and Relative Factors in a Cohort of Chinese Patients with Parkinson’s Disease

Table 1

Demographic, clinical, and medical characteristics for our subjects.

CharacteristicsValue

Gender (male/female)89/77
Age (years, mean ± SD)65.8 ± 9.11
Onset age (years, mean ± SD)60.83 ± 9.91
Disease duration (years, mean ± SD)4.96 ± 3.90
Clinical phenotypes (n, %)
 Tremor89 (53.61)
 Bradykinesia-rigidity77 (46.39)
Modified Hoehn–Yahr stages (n, %)
 118 (10.84)
 1.533 (19.88)
 256 (33.73)
 2.520 (12.05)
 327 (16.27)
 412 (7.23)
UPDRS scores (mean ± SD)39.93 ± 18.80
UPDRS III scores (mean ± SD)22.19 ± 11.83
Daily levodopa dosages (mg)474.20 ± 268.76
LEDD (mg/d, mean ± SD)457.48 ± 386.00
L-dopa duration (years, mean ± SD)2.93 ± 3.68
Medications (n, %)
 Levodopa-benserazide135 (81.33)
 Levodopa-carbidopa11 (6.63)
 Dopamine agonist92 (55.42)
 MAO-B inhibitor44 (26.51)
 COMT inhibitor9 (5.42)
 Anticholinergic26 (15.66)
 Amantadine16 (9.64)

Abbreviations: SD, standard deviation; UPDRS: unified Parkinson disease rating scale; LEDD: levodopa equivalent daily dose; MAO: monoamine oxidase; and COMT: catechol-o-methyltransferase.