Treatment of Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease with Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Pilot Clinical Study

Table 2

Patient characteristics at baseline.

Parameter	TCM group	Control group
	(𝑛=22)	(𝑛=25)
Age (years)	64.82 ± 8.88	60.88 ± 9.41
Gender (men/women)	14/8	17/8
Disease duration (years)	5.44 ± 5.26	6.37 ± 4.93
Duration of levodopa treatment (years)	5.36 ± 5.27	6.12 ± 4.89
Total levodopa daily	405.68 ± 295.80	498.00 ± 313.74
dose (mg)
Baseline scores
H&Y score	2.68 ± 1.09	2.24 ± 0.88
PDQ-39 Single Index	28.96 ± 13.19	29.21 ± 15.44
UPDRS Total	55.45 ± 21.48	48.80 ± 18.92
GDS score	16.18 ± 6.79	15.64 ± 6.28
Daily off time (%)	16.65 ± 17.59	22.94 ± 19.24

Values given as mean ± SD.