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Table 1 Characteristics of the study populations

From: Does Nordic Walking restore the temporal organization of gait variability in Parkinson’s disease?

 

PD (n = 14)

Healthy (n = 10)

p-value

Age (years)

62.2±6.9

60.3±4.8

0.525

Gender (male/female)

9/5

3/7

 

Height (cm)

171.8±10.3

170.3±7.6

0.813

Weight (kg)

74.7±15.9

67.8±10.7

0.186

Time since the diagnosis (years)

4.5±2.7

-

 

MMSE score (/30)

29.5 [27–30]

30 [29–30]

0.049

H&Y scale

2 [1–3]

-

 

 1 (n=):

2

-

 

 1,5 (n=):

2

-

 

 2 (n=):

5

-

 

 2,5 (n=):

3

-

 

 3 (n=):

2

-

 

MDS-UPDRS III (/132)

26.9 [10–46]

-

 

MDS-UPDRS total (/260)

52.3 [18–94]

-

 

BESTest total (%)

77.4 [69–92]

87.7 [85.2–96]

≤0.001

ABC Scale (%)

79.0 [54–100]

95.0 [72–100]

0.014

  1. Mean (±SD) are expressed for quantitative variables normally distributed while median [range] are expressed for both ordinal and non-normally distributed variables