Research Article

Spectral Domain and Angiography Optical Coherence Tomography in Parkinson’s Disease: Structural And Vascular Changes in the Retina Correlate with Disease Severity and Progression

Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics of PD patients and controls.

PD patientsControls

Gender (men/women)18/617/80.753
Eyes (n.)4850
Age (years)°0.906
Age at onset
Disease duration
UPDRS-III
HY§2
Levodopa (patients)24
DA16
MMSE
NMSS
SCOPA-AUT
HAM-D
HAM-A
ESS
RBDSQ
KPDPS
PSF-16

Unpaired Student’s -test. °Data expressed as . §Median. was considered significant. UPDRS-III: Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale section III; HY: Hoehn and Yahr scale; DA: dopamine agonists; MMSE: Mini-Mental State Examination; NMSS: Non-Motor Symptoms Scale; SCOPA-AUT: Scales for Outcomes in Parkinson’s Disease-Autonomic Dysfunction; HAM-D: Hamilton Depression Scale; HAM-A: Hamilton Anxiety Scale; ESS: Epworth Sleepiness Scale; RBDSQ: REM Sleep Behavior Disorder Screening Questionnaire; KPDPS: King’s Parkinson Disease Pain Scale; PSF-16: Parkinson’s Disease Fatigue Scale-16.