Table 1 Patient characteristics and PD related variables in the German cohort
Determination according to physician's judgment | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
APD | Non-APD | ||||||||
n | nmiss | Mean ± SD/n (%) | n | nmiss | Mean ± SD/n (%) | N | nmiss | Mean ± SD/n (%) | |
Sex, male | 122 | 0 | 70 (57.4) | 55 | 0 | 37 (67.3) | 177 | 0 | 107 (60.5) |
Living at home, yes | 122 | 0 | 120 (98.4) | 55 | 0 | 54 (98.2) | 177 | 0 | 174 (98.3) |
Required caregiver support, yes | 121 | 1 | 80 (66.1) | 55 | 0 | 19 (34.5) | 176 | 1 | 99 (56.3) |
Age at patient visit, years | 122 | 0 | 67.9 ± 9.1 | 55 | 0 | 70.4 ± 9.0 | 177 | 0 | 68.7 ± 9.1 |
Time since diagnosis of PD, years | 119 | 3 | 10.2 ± 6.0 | 53 | 2 | 3.1 ± 2.8 | 172 | 5 | 8.0 ± 6.2 |
Motor fluctuations, yes | 122 | 0 | 104 (85.2) | 55 | 0 | 6 (10.9) | 177 | 0 | 110 (62.1) |
Duration of motor fluctuationsa, years | 100 | 4 | 3.5 ± 3.0 | 6 | 0 | 2.1 ± 1.7 | 106 | 4 | 3.4 ± 2.9 |
Referral to MDC, yes | 122 | 0 | 112 (91.8) | 55 | 0 | 46 (83.6) | 177 | 0 | 158 (89.3) |
Time since referral to MDC b, years | 109 | 3 | 3.6 ± 2.9 | 46 | 0 | 1.4 ± 2.0 | 155 | 3 | 2.0 ± 3.2 |