Pay attention to the basal ganglia: a volumetric study in early dementia with Lewy bodies

Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) patients and healthy control subjects

Characteristics	DLB patients (N = 93)	Controls (N = 28)	p/χ² value
Age, years	70.3 (9.7)	67.6 (7.8)	p = .189
Education, years	11.3 (4.1)	12.9 (2.7)	p = .063
Sex, M/F	52/41	16/12	χ² = .908
Handedness, R/L	83/10	26/2	χ² = .575
Fluctuations (%)	49/93 (52.7)	1/28	χ² < .001
Hallucinations^a (%)	56/91 (61.5)	3/26	χ² < .001
Parkinsonism
Akinesia (%)^b	58/90 (64.4)	0/28	χ² < .001
Rigidity (%)^b	60/90 (66.7)	0/28	χ² < .001
Tremor at rest (%)^c	17/85 (20)	2/28	χ² = .115

Standard deviations for age and education are shown in parentheses. Significant p and χ² values are in italics
^aData missing for two patients
^bData missing for three patients and two controls
^cData missing for eight patients

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