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Frontal-subcortical defects correlate with task switching deficits in Parkinson’s disease

Amara Gul, Javed Yousaf and Hira Ahmad
Neurosciences Journal July 2017, 22 (3) 224-227; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2017.3.20160572

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    Demographic and clinical characteristics of the sample.

    VariablesPD patients n=40*HC n=40*
    Mean±SDMin.-Max.Mean±SDMin.-Max.tp-value
    Age57±8.00(40-70)58±9.00)(40-70)t (39)=0.920.36
    Education (years)10±1.94(8-14)11±2.01)(8-14)t (39)=0.850.39
    PD duration (years)7±2.00(1-15)-
    F-SF48.90±12.36(30-70)108.67±2.96(102-114)t (39)=30.34<0.001
    P-CF5.27±2.05(2-10)18.22±2.16(10-20)t (39)=30.68<0.001

    • F-SF - Fronto-subcortical functions, P-CF - Posterior-cortical functions, PD - Parkinson's disease, HC - healthy controls,

    • ↵* the ratio of the gender (m/f) was 20/20

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