Research Article

MAO-B Polymorphism Associated with Progression in a Chinese Parkinson’s Disease Cohort but Not in the PPMI Cohort

Table 1

Cohort demographics at baseline.

ItemTW (N = 50)PPMI (N = 413)
Median (IQR)/n (%)Median (IQR)/n (%)

Age of onset, yrs58 (9)60.45 (13.8)
Age, yrs63 (8.75)62.37 (13.99)
Duration, yrs4 (4)4.23 (5.28)
Educ: 0–63 (6.38)2 (0.48)
Educ: 7–917 (36.17)7 (1.69)
Educ: 10–1213 (27.66)65 (15.66)
Educ:≥1314 (29.79)341 (82.17)
Sex: male30 (60)270 (65.06)
Sex: female20 (40)145 (34.94)
Hoehn-Yahr staging1.5 (1)2 (1)
MDS-UPDRS27.5 (30)31 (17)
MDS-UPDRSI4 (8)5 (4)
MDS-UPDRSII7 (7)5 (5)
MDS-UPDRSIII14 (16.75)20 (12)
MDS-UPDRSIV0 (0)
ESS4.5 (5)5 (5)
HAMA or STAI6 (7)62 (24)
HAMD-17 or GDS5 (5)2 (2)
MoCA25 (5)27 (3)
RBD-HK or RBD-Q7 (23)3 (3.25)
SCOPA-AUT7.5 (12)8 (7)

ESS, Epworth sleepiness scale score; GDS, geriatric depression scale; HAMA, Hamilton anxiety rating scale; HAMD-17, Hamilton rating scale for depression; MDS-UPDRS, MDS-unified Parkinson’s disease rating scale; MoCA, Montreal cognitive assessment; PPMI, parkinson’s progression markers initiative; RBD-HK, rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder Hong Kong; RBD-Q, rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder questionnaire; SCOPA-AUT, scales for outcomes in parkinson’s disease-autonomic dysfunction; STAI, state-trait anxiety inventory for adults.