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Table 1 Demographics, clinical information, and biomarker data in subjects recruited into the Parkinson’s disease biomarker program (PDBP)

From: Single molecule array measures of LRRK2 kinase activity in serum link Parkinson’s disease severity to peripheral inflammation

 

Male (N = 276)

Female (N = 246)

Cohort feature

PD (N = 187)

HC (N = 89)

p*

PD (N = 90)

HC (N = 156)

p*

Disease duration, Mean years (SD)

8.1 (5.9)

0

< 0.0001

6.5 (4.5)

0

< 0.0001

Age, Mean years (SD)

64.0 (9.6)

61.0 (13.2)

0.259

63.9 (8.8)

59.6 (9.9)

0.001

MDS-UPDRS I, Mean (SD)

10.8 (5.9)

5.1 (4.5)

< 0.0001

11.8 (6.1)

5.4 (4.0)

< 0.0001

MDS-UPDRS II, Mean (SD)

14.6 (8.1)

1.3 (2.6)

< 0.0001

12.8 (8.3)

0.9 (2.1)

< 0.0001

MDS-UPDRS III, Mean (SD)

29.1 (13.4)

0.3 (1.0)

< 0.0001

24.5 (11.1)

0.2 (0.7)

< 0.0001

MDS-UPDRS IV, Mean (SD)

1.8 (3.2)

0

< 0.0001

1.9 (2.9)

0

< 0.0001

MDS-UPDRS Total, Mean (SD)

56.4 (24.2)

6.9 (6.8)

< 0.0001

50.9 (21.1)

6.4 (5.7)

< 0.0001

MoCA, Mean (SD)

24.0 (3.5)

25.5 (3.0)

0.001

25.1 (3.0)

27.1 (1.9)

< 0.0001

UPSIT, Mean (SD)

18.3 (7.3)

30.9 (6.0)

< 0.0001

20.4 (8.1)

34.3 (4.1)

< 0.0001

Epworth Sleep Scale, Mean (SD)

9.9 (4.7)

6.6 (3.6)

< 0.0001

9.1 (5.2)

5.2 (3.2)

< 0.0001

NSAID use, N (%)

84 (45)

28 (31)

0.036

36 (40)

46 (29)

0.095

Statin use, N (%)

60 (32)

31 (35)

0.682

25 (28)

40 (26)

0.765

LEDD, Mean (SD)

561 (500)

0

< 0.0001

513 (757)

0

< 0.0001

Family history of PD, N (%)

49 (26)

7 (8)

0.0003

27 (30)

9 (6)

< 0.0001

Serum biomarkers and characteristics

Sample days-in-freezer, Mean (SD)

2214 (364)

2240 (338)

0.671

2296 (335)

2184 (344)

0.007

Total LRRK2, ng/mL, Median (IQR)

0.77 (2.04)

0.50 (1.40)

0.034

0.49 (2.43)

0.50 (1.16)

0.318

Mean

95%CI [LL, UL]

12.05

[-1.93, 26.02]

4.36

[2.08, 6.65]

3.24

[1.87, 4.63])

3.07

[1.33, 4.81]

pT73-Rab10, ng/mL, Median (IQR)

1.09 (8.81)

0.68 (5.77)

0.252

1.19 (9.45)

0.28 (2.36)

0.073

Mean

95%CI [LL, UL]

17.36

[7.00, 27.72]

11.83

[5.59, 18.07]

8.69

[5.03, 12.35]

5.70

[3.49, 7.91]

Rab10, ng/mL, Median (IQR)

7.69 (40.67)

8.01 (25.46)

0.491

10.51 (47.12)

5.68 (12.65)

0.012

Mean

95%CI [LL, UL]

115.45

[60.99, 169.90]

66.22

[29.69, 102.75]

68.24

[38.00, 98.48]

45.77

[23.31, 68.23]

pT73-Rab/Rab10, %, Median (IQR)

10.1 (23.8)

8.8 (20.57)

0.260

7.2 (17.8)

6.2 (14.2)

0.452

Mean

95%CI [LL, UL]

17.6

[14.5, 20.7]

15.2

[10.8, 19.6]

14.2

[10.3, 18.2]

12.6

[9.6, 15.6]

  1. MDS-UPDRS, Movement Disorders Society-Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale, part I-IV; MoCA, The Montreal Cognitive Assessment; UPSIT, University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test; LEDD, L-dopa Equivalent Daily Dosage; SD, standard deviation; IQR, interquartile range; CI, confidence interval; LL, lower limit of confidence interval; UL, upper limit of confidence interval
  2. *p values are from 2-tailed t-tests for all continuous cohort variables and Fisher’s exact test for cohort categorical variables. P values from serum biomarkers (non-transformed) are from Mann-Whitney tests