Postural deformities in Parkinson’s disease –Mutual relationships among neck flexion, fore-bent, knee-bent and lateral-bent angles and correlations with clinical predictors

Table 1 Correlation coefficients between NF, FB, KB, LB angles and clinical predictors

	Age	Disease Duration	H&Y stage	LED
NF	0.175	0.197 ^*	0.350 ^***	0.135
FB	0.246 ^**	0.196 ^*	0.492 ^***	0.243 ^**
KB	0.359 ^***	0.098	0.381 ^***	0.111
LB	0.162	0.103	0.213 ^*	0.173

FB and KB angles increased significantly with advancing age. NF and FB angles were significantly associated with disease duration. All the measured angles increased significantly with advancing H&Y stage. There was a significant association between LED and FB, but not the other angles
^* P < 0.05, ^** P < 0.01, ^*** P < 0.001

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