Factors predicting the instant effect of motor function after subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation in Parkinson’s disease

Table 3 The correlations between various factors and postoperative improvement of motor function

Variables	Univariate analysis		Multivariate analysis
Variables	β	P value	β	P value
Gender (male/female)	7.1	0.451	10	0.364
Age of onset, y	−0.2	0.788	−0.3	0.719
Duration, y	−0.7	0.429	−0.3	0.852
Age of surgery, y	−0.5	0.397	−1	0.35
H&Y stage (Mild/Severe)	−6.4	0.503	5.5	0.74
Levodopa responsiveness, %	0.2	0.328	0.9	0.055
Dyskinesia(No/Yes)	−8.7	0.361	10.3	0.357
Motor fluctuations duration, y	−1	0.427	−1.7	0.495
Disease subtype (PIGD/LPS)	−17.2	0.057	−28.7	0.015*
Baseline UPDRSIII scores	0.3	0.331	0.3	0.421

*p < 0.05; p value which was close to 0.05 means a significant tendency; multivariate analyses of all factors adjusted the respective covariates

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