Research Article

Event-Related Potentials in Parkinson’s Disease Patients with Visual Hallucination

Table 1

Characteristics in PD-H, PD-NH, and controls.

PD-H PD-NH Controls p

Age1, years67.79 ± 7.9366.36 ± 9.6868.29 ± 6.830.753
Women1, n (%)5 (36)7 (28)10 (59)0.107
Education1, y9.27 ± 6.6510.88 ± 4.1612.16 ± 3.320.245
Disease duration2, y11.73 ± 6.416.20 ± 4.86n/a0.007
Duration of levodopa2, y8.44 ± 5.783.04 ± 3.57n/a0.004
H&Y22.65 ± 0.891.52 ± 0.65n/a<0.001
MMSE1 (score)27.73 ± 2.2027.58 ± 1.3628.41 ± 1.370.472
HDI1 (score)5.00 ± 4.670.25 ± 0.79<0.001

UPDRS-III motor2 (score)27.92 ± 13.0014.20 ± 8.42n/a<0.001
Levodopa-equivalent dose863.8 ± 390.6311.2 ± 160.5n/a0.08

PD-H: PD patients with visual hallucinations; PD-NH: PD patients without visual hallucinations; H&Y: Hoehn and Yahr stage; HDI: Hamilton depression index; UPDRS: Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale; n/a: not available.
p: p value, ; by 1ANOVA 2t-test.