From: Characteristics of language impairment in Parkinson’s disease and its influencing factors
LI-PD group (n = 17) | NLI-PD group (n = 14) | Control group (n = 20) | P, LI-PD cf. NLI-PD | P, LI-PD cf. control | P, NLI-PD cf. control | |
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Men | 12 | 6 | 12 | 0.157 | 0.731 | 0.487 |
Women | 5 | 8 | 8 | |||
Age, y | 63.59 ± 8.62 | 63.07 ± 9.43 | 64.85 ± 8.27 | 0.843 | 0.653 | 0.564 |
Age at onset, y | 55.06 ± 10.92 | 56.36 ± 10.95 | NA | 0.781 | NA | NA |
Formal education, y | 10.53 ± 2.67 | 11.00 ± 3.60 | 10.95 ± 2.69 | 0.780 | 0.637 | 0.983 |
Disease duration, y | 8.53 ± 4.49 | 6.71 ± 3.29 | NA | 0.327 | NA | NA |
Hoehn-Yahr stage | 2.50 ± 0.55 | 2.57 ± 0.39 | NA | 0.415 | NA | NA |
UPDRS part II | 15.69 ± 8.39 | 11.79 ± 4.87 | NA | 0.138 | NA | NA |
UPDRS part III | 38.87 ± 12.11 | 32.86 ± 8.76 | NA | 0.135 | NA | NA |
HAMD-17 scores | 8.88 ± 2.34 | 7.86 ± 2.18 | 7.45 ± 2.44 | 0.691 | 0.208 | 1.000 |
MoCA scores | 19.60 ± 4.75 | 22.75 ± 3.14 | 25.80 ± 1.64 | 0.142 | 0.000b | 0.021b |