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Table 2 Participant demographics and clinical characteristics for the Parkinson’s disease and healthy control groups at time of [18F]Florbetaben scan

From: Beta amyloid deposition and cognitive decline in Parkinson’s disease: a study of the PPMI cohort

 

Parkinson’s disease

Healthy controls

Population (female)

25 (4 female)

30 (17 female)a

Age (years)

67.56 [8.74]

65.67 [5.80]

Education (years)

16.20 [2.90]

17.40 [3.37]

MoCA

27.04 [2.46]

28.20 [1.37]b

GDS

5.06 [1.03]

4.93 [0.94]

Disease duration (months)

50.04 [16.91]

n/a

UPDRS-III ON

25.70 [8.94]

n/a

UPDRS-III OFF

29.92 [8.89]

n/a

LEDD (mg)

345.19 [217.39]

n/a

  1. Values are expressed as a mean where appropriate with the standard deviation in square brackets
  2. aDifference found between PD and HC at p < 0.05 using a chi-square test
  3. bDifference found between PD and HC at p < 0.05 using an independent samples t test