The effect of hypocalcemia on motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease

Table 1 Demographic data among PD patients and control subjects

Demographic characteristics	PD patients (N = 28)		Control subjects (N = 30)		t/X²	p
Demographic characteristics	No	%	No	%	t/X²	p
Gender
Male	14	50%	16	53.3%	0.064	0.82
Female	14	50%	14	46.7%	0.064	0.82
Age (years)
Mean ± SD	59.78 ± 4.41		59.3 ± 5.27		0.38	0.71
Education (years)
Mean ± SD	12.93 ± 4.45		13.10 ± 3.16		− 1.779	0.06
BMI (kg/m²)
Mean ± SD	23.82 ± 2.56		22.8 ± 2.87		1.43	0.16

BMI body mass index, SD standard deviation, t independent student t test, × 2 Chi square, p < 0.05 is significant