Table 1 Demographics and characteristics of the participants.

From: Association of fecal short-chain fatty acids with clinical severity and gut microbiota in essential tremor and its difference from Parkinson’s disease

 

HC (n = 35)

ET (n = 37)

PD (n = 37)

P value

P1

P2

P3

Male (n, %)

19 (54.3%)

16 (43.2%)

18 (48.6%)

0.645

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/

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Age (y)

63.086 ± 7.834

62.108 ± 6.879

61.257 ± 6.385

0.618

/

/

/

BMI (Kg/m2)

24.145 ± 3.107

23.717 ± 2.672

23.604 ± 1.777

0.644

/

/

/

Smoke (n, %)

25 (71.4%)

30 (81.1%)

28 (75.7%)

0.628

/

/

/

Alcohol (n, %)

27 (77.1%)

30 (81.1%)

27 (73.0%)

0.709

/

/

/

Tea (n, %)

24 (68.6%)

29 (78.4%)

24 (64.9%)

0.420

/

/

/

Coffee (n, %)

33 (94.3%)

31 (83.8%)

33 (89.2%)

0.363

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/

/

SCOPA-AUT

/

3.405 ± 3.004

3.919 ± 4.815

0.584

/

/

/

Disease duration (y)

/

8.324 ± 9.226

1.842 ± 1.670

<0.001

/

/

/

Bristol score

4.257 ± 0.919

3.784 ± 1.031

4.432 ± 1.444

0.049

0.257

1.000

0.053

Wexner score

0.629 ± 1.114

1.541 ± 2.219

2.432 ± 3.167

0.006

0.304

0.004

0.312

MMSE score

28.771 ± 1.516

28.324 ± 1.701

28.460 ± 2.116

0.562

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/

/

HAMD-17 score

1.171 ± 1.807

3.432 ± 3.633

3.946 ± 3.778

0.001

0.011

0.001

1.000

HAMA score

1.943 ± 2.043

4.027 ± 3.193

3.108 ± 3.454

0.014

0.011

0.299

0.561

MDS-UPDRS score

/

/

29.541 ± 19.245

/

/

/

/

MDS-UPDRS III score

/

/

20.081 ± 13.011

/

/

/

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H-Y score

/

/

1.446 ± 0.483

/

/

/

/

FTM score

/

9.054 ± 10.499

/

/

/

/

/

TETRAS score

/

13.108 ± 9.815

/

/

/

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  1. ET Essential Tremor, PD Parkinson’s disease, HC healthy control, BMI body mass index, MDS-UPDRS Movement Disorder Society sponsored version of the Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale, MMSE Mini Mental State Examination, HAMD-17 Hamilton Depression Scale-17 items, HAMA Hamilton Anxiety Scale, H-Y Hoehn and Yahr stage, SCOPA-AUT Scale for Outcomes in Parkinson’s Disease for Autonomic Symptoms, FTM Fahn-Tolosa-Marin Clinical Rating Scale for Tremor, TETRAS Tremor Research Group (TRG) Essential Tremor Rating Assessment Scales.
  2. P1: HC vs. ET, P2: HC vs. PD, P3: ET vs. PD.