Research Article
Levodopa Prescription Patterns in Patients with Advanced Parkinson’s Disease: A Japanese Database Analysis
Table 1
Patient demographic and clinical characteristics.
| | Characteristic | Overall population (N = 4029) |
| | Sex, n (%) | | Male | 1881 (46.7) | | Female | 2148 (53.3) | | Age (years) | | Mean (SD) | 76.9 (8.1) | | Median (Q1, Q3) | 78.0 (72.0, 83.0) | | Age categories, n (%) | | | 18–49 years | 22 (0.6) | | 50–59 years | 96 (2.4) | | 60–69 years | 555 (13.8) | | 70–79 years | 1667 (41.4) | | ≥80 years | 1689 (41.9) | | Height (cm) | n = 3752 | | Mean (SD) | 154.6 (10.3) | | Median (Q1, Q3) | 155.0 (148.0, 162.0) | | Body weight (kg) | n = 3842 | | Mean (SD) | 48.0 (11.3) | | Median (Q1, Q3) | 47.0 (39.6, 55.0) | | Body mass index (kg/m2) | n = 3732 | | Mean (SD) | 20.0 (4.6) | | Median (Q1, Q3) | 19.7 (17.3, 22.4) | | ADL score at index date | | Mean (SD) | 25.0 (21.6) | | Median (Q1, Q3) | 25.0 (0, 50.0) |
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ADL, activities of daily living; Q1/Q3, quartile 1/quartile 3; SD, standard deviation.
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