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Table 2 Comparative analysis of demographic and clinical characteristics between PD patients tested at the first and the second rounds

From: Olfactory swab sampling optimization for α-synuclein aggregate detection in patients with Parkinson’s disease

 

PD patients of the first round (n = 43)

PD patients of the second round (n = 23)

P value

Age at diagnosis, years

66 (59–70)

70 (61–75)

0.14

Sex female/male

15/28

7/16

0.79

Age at onset, years

65 (57–69)

68 (60–71)

0.24

Interval between clinical diagnosis and NS, months

2 (1–12)

2 (1–12)

0.99

MDS-UPDRS III score

20 (12–32)

18 (9–33)

0.95

MoCA score

26 (24–29)

24 (24–28)

0.11

RT-QuIC-positive NSAN (%)

27/32 (84)

18/23 (78)

RT-QuIC-positive NSMT (%)

5/11 (45)

10/23 (43)

  1. Data are shown as median (IQR) or n (%)