Pulsed Wave Doppler Ultrasound Is Useful to Assess Vasomotor Response in Patients with Multiple System Atrophy and Well Correlated with Tilt Table Study

Table 1

Basic characteristics in patients with multiple system atrophy (MSA) and healthy controls.

	MSA (𝑛=18)	Control (𝑛=10)	𝑃 values (Mann-Whitney 𝑈 test)
Age (year)	65.1 ± 9.3	60.3 ± 7.0	0.165
Body height (cm)	166.1 ± 6.7	166.1 ± 7.2	0.660
Body weight (kg)	71.9 ± 10.4	68.4 ± 8.0	0.452
Disease duration (year)	3.3 ± 1.8
Hoehn-Yahr stage	3.1 ± 0.9
UMSARS I	14.9 ± 6.8
UMSARS II	28.4 ± 12.1
UMSARS IV	1.2 ± 1.2

Note: Values are mean ± S.D.; UMSARS: Unified Multiple System Atrophy Rating Scale.