Table 1: Demographics of participants with PD who completed online and Paper Mediterranean Eating Patterns of Americans (MEPA) III screeners.
|
Participants |
All |
Women |
Men |
p value |
|
Total n |
n = 32 |
n = 13 |
n = 19 |
|
|
Age, years, mean ± SD |
64.5 ± 7.3 |
61.6 ± 6.4 |
66.4 ± 7.3 |
0.015 |
|
Race, n (%) |
|
|
|
0.227 |
|
Non-Hispanic White |
31.0 (96.9) |
13.0 (100.0) |
18.0 (95.0) |
|
|
Non-Hispanic Black |
1.0 (3.1) |
0.0 (0.0) |
1.0 (5.0) |
|
|
Years since diagnosis (median (IQR)) |
5.0 (2.3, 7.0) |
7.0 (4.0, 11.0) |
4.0 (2.0, 7.0) |
0.073 |
|
HY (n (%)) Stage 2 |
29.0 (90.6) |
12.0 (92.3) |
17.0 (89.5) |
0.683 |
|
UPDRS (median (IQR)) |
19.5 (15.0, 29.3) |
18.3 (13.0, 28.0) |
20.8 (15.0, 31.8) |
0.641 |
|
BMI, kg/m2 (mean ± SD) |
25.9 ± 4.9 |
25.5 ± 5.9 |
26.3 ± 4.1 |
0.367 |
|
History of DM (n (%)) |
5.0 (15.6) |
2.0 (15.4) |
3.0 (15.8) |
0.975 |
|
History of CVD (n (%)) |
12.0 (37.5) |
4.0 (30.8) |
8.0 (42.1) |
0.515 |
|
Cognitive testing performed (n (%)) |
11.0 (34.4) |
3.0 (23.1) |
8.0 (42.1) |
0.266 |
|
Education (n (%)) |
n = 28 |
n = 12 |
n = 16 |
0.213 |
|
High School |
1.0 (3.6) |
0.0 (0.0) |
1.0 (5.3) |
|
|
Some College & College Degree |
17.0 (60.7) |
6.0 (46.2) |
11.0 (57.9) |
|
|
Post-College |
10.0 (35.7) |
6.0 (46.2) |
4.0 (21.1) |
|
|
Smoker (n (%)) |
|
|
|
0.307 |
|
Never |
27.0 (84.4) |
12.0 (92.3) |
15.0 (78.9) |
|
|
Former |
5.0 (15.6) |
1.0 (7.7) |
4.0 (21.1) |
|
|
Marital status (n (%)) |
|
|
|
0.463 |
|
Married |
25.0 (78.1) |
11.0 (84.6) |
14.0 (73.7) |
|