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Table 1 The demographic and clinical characteristics of PD patients

From: A survey of impulse control disorders in Parkinson’s disease patients in Shanghai area and literature review

Item

mean ± SD

Range

Number of cases

217

 

Male, n(%)

120 (55.3 %)

 

Age, year

67.15 ± 0.61

40-85

Disease duration, year

5.78 ± 4.32

1-23

H&Y stage

1.43 ± 0.55

1-4

Use of levodopa, n(%)

193 (88.9 %)

 

Use of DA agonists, n(%)

101 (46.5 %)

 

Levodopa, (mg/d)

494.94 ± 348.03

100-2825

DA agonist LED, (mg/d)

135.15 ± 66.8

50-300

TLED, (mg/d)

548.53 ± 382.12

50-3000

  1. Note:DA agonist-LED (DA-LED, mg/d) = piribedil (mg/d) × 1 + pramipexole (mg/d) × 100. Total LED (TLED, mg/d) = regular levodopa dose (mg/d) × 1 + levodopa CR dose (mg/d) × 0.75 + DA-LED, and plus [regular levodopa dose (mg/d) + CR levodopa dose(mg/d) × 0.75] × 0.33 if taking COMT-I [24]