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The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery

Table 1 Comparison between PD and control patients

From: The role of appendectomy in the development of Parkinson’s disease: a retrospective study in a teaching hospital in Jordan

 

Control (n = 500)

PD (n = 266)

p value

Age (M ± SD, range) years

(68.1 ± 9.2, 55–96)

(70.7 ± 11.4, 37–96)

0.001¥

Gender (M/F %)

50%/50%

57.1%/42.9%

0.068*

Appendectomy n (%)

27 (5.4%)

26 (9.8%)

0.023*

OR 1.81, 95% CI 1.08–3.04

RR 1.30, 95% CI 1.00–1.71

  1. ¥ t test, *Pearson χ2 test, PD vs control patients; CI confidence interval, SD standard deviation, M/F male/female, OR odds ratio, RR relative risk
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