Functional Performance and Associations between Performance Tests and Neurological Assessment Differ in Men and Women with Parkinson’s Disease

Table 1

General clinical and demographic characteristics of PD patients, subdivided for gender.

Variable	Total PD patients ()	Male PD patients ()	Female PD patients ()	value
Age, years (SD)	70.1 (5.7)	68.2 (6.4)	71.9 (4.4)	0.085
Age at onset, years (SD)	61.5 (7.4)	60.3 (8.5)	62.8 (6.1)	0.379
Disease duration, years (SD)	8.7 (5.5)	8.5 (6.2)	8.9 (5.0)	0.395
HY stage (SD)	2.3 (0.5)	2.3 (0.5)	2.3 (0.6)	0.676
MDS-UPDRS total score (SD)	62.4 (19.6)	58.5 (10.7)	66.4 (25.5)	0.303
MDS-UPDRS motor score (SD)	38.6 (13.8)	37.8 (6.9)	39.4 (18.5)	0.760
S-E %	81.3 (7.4)	83.2 (4.6)	79.3 (9.2)	0.165
MMSE	27.2 (2.0)	27.4 (2.1)	27.1 (1.9)	0.703
Height, cm (SD)	167.3 (10.4)	175.7 (5.6)	157.9 (5.4)	0.000
Body weight, kg (SD)	77.2 (15.1)	85.7 (10.3)	68.6 (14.5)	0.001

PD: Parkinson’s disease; : number of patients; value: statistical significance probability of -test comparing men and women; SD: standard deviation; HY: Hoehn and Yahr stage; MDS-UPDRS: Movement Disorders Society Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale; S-E: Schwab and England Activities of Daily Living Scale; MMSE: Mini Mental State Examination; cm: centimeter; kg: kilogram.