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Table 1: Risk factors associated with gender. |
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Male N = 118 n (%) |
Female N = 171 n (%) |
t-Student |
p |
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Age (years)*,‡ |
72.5 ± 11.80 |
74.0 ± 11.01 |
1.10 |
0.144 |
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χ2 |
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Smoking |
59 (50.0) |
25 (14.6) |
42.3 |
< 0.001 |
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Alcohol consumption |
63 (53.4) |
30 (17.5) |
41.1 |
< 0.001 |
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Hoehn & Yard Scale‡ |
2.5 ± 0.65 |
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Time since diagnosis (years)‡ |
4.4 ± 3.36 |
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*Age range: 34 to 103 years. ‡ Data indicate mean ± standard deviation. |
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