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Table 1 Baseline Characteristics

From: Characterization of vitamin D supplementation and clinical outcomes in a large cohort of early Parkinson’s disease

  No Supplement (N = 511) MVI D D + MVI P value
(N = 322) (N = 42) (N = 68)
  Mean (SD) F test
Age in years 60.1 (9.7) 61.8 (8.6)* 65.3 (6.4)* 65.5 (7.7)* < 0.0001
Age at PD Dx 58.5 (9.7) 60.2 (8.7)* 63.9 (6.6)* 64.1 (7.7)* < 0.0001
Yrs since Dx 1.6 (1.1) 1.7 (1.2) 1.3 (1.0) 1.4 (0.8) 0.07
Years since Dx to D-treatment 1.1 (1.1) 1.3 (1.2) 0.9 (1.0) 1.0 (0.8) 0.08
UPDRS total 25.1 (10.3) 25.4 (10.3) 25.1 (11.4) 24.5 (9.8) 0.92
UPDRS mental 1.2 (1.3) 1.2 (1.3) 1.4 (1.4) 1.2 (1.3) 0.85
UPDRS ADL 6.8 (3.7) 6.8 (3.6) 6.2 (3.9) 6.4 (3.4) 0.66
PDQ 39 summary 12.9 (10.4) 11.5 (8.7) 12.5 (9.6) 10.5 (8.3) 0.08
SCOPA COG 30.4 (5.1) 30.4 (5.2) 30.9 (4.6) 31.1 (5.0) 0.71
SDMT 45.1 (11.1) 44.4 (10.9) 45.2 (11.4) 45.9 (11.4) 0.71
Total daily LED 374.9 (224.9) 371.3 (232.8) 390.0 (208.0) 367.4 (355.4) 0.96
  Frequency (%) X2testa
Female % 144 (28.2%) 94 (29.2%) 27 (64.3%) 38 (55.9%) < 0.0001
Non-Hispanic white 448 (87.7%) 303 (94.1%) 41 (97.6%) 66 (97.1%) 0.001
Education > 17 yearsa 149 (29.2%) 118 (36.7%) 16 (38.1%) 18 (26.5%) 0.08
  1. Abbreviations: PD Parkinson’s disease, Dx diagnosis, yrs years, D-treatment dopaminergic treatment (dopamine agonist or levodopa), UPDRS Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale, ADL activities of daily living, PDQ Parkinson’s disease questionnaire, SCOPA COG Scales for outcomes of Parkinson’s disease-Cognition, SDMT symbol digit modalities test, LED levodopa equivalent dose
  2. *p < .05 compared to NoSupp, according to pairwise comparisons Hochberg method
  3. aX2 test was calculated by Fisher’s exact test
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