Research Article
Investigation of the Possible Correlation between Idiopathic Parkinson’s Disease and Diabetes Mellitus in Egyptian Patients: A Pilot Study
Table 2
Demographic data of the IPD study subjects with/without DM versus the control group.
| | Controls (n = 10) | IPD (n = 22) | DM + IPD (n = 8) | |
| Age (years) | Mean (SD) | 62.5 (7.79) | 64.77 (9.7) | 64.25 (10.09) | 0.821 | Gender | Female | 5 (50.0%) | 6 (27.3%) | 6 (75.0%) | 0.062 | Male | 5 (50.0%) | 16 (72.7%) | 2 (25.0%) | | Hypertension | No | 8 (80.0%) | 8 (36.4%) | 1 (12.5%) | 0.012 | Yes | 2 (20.0%) | 14 (63.6%) | 7 (87.5%) | | Smoking history | Nonsmoker | 7 (70.0%) | 10 (45.5%) | 7 (87.5%) | 0.112 | Smoker | 3 (30.0%) | 12 (54.5%) | 1 (12.5%) | | HbA1c (%) | Mean (SD) | 5.51 (0.38) | 5.66 (0.53) | 7.98 (1.27) | <0.0011 | UPDRS scores | Median (range) | — | 1.5 (0–4) | 4 (3–4) | <0.0013 |
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1Linear model ANOVA; 2Fisher’s exact test; 3Mann–Whitney U test. DM: diabetes mellitus; IPD: idiopathic Parkinson’s disease; UPDRS: Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale.
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