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Table 2 Demographic features in LI-PD, NLI-PD and control groups a

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

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

  1. aData are expressed as numbers or mean ± standard deviation; NA = Not applicable; LI-PD = language impairment Parkinson’s disease; NLI-PD = no language impairment Parkinson’s disease; cf. = confer (compare); b P < 0.05.
  2. F value of MoCA scores between groups is 15.32, and P value is 0.000.