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Table 1 Demographics and general characteristics by physical and mental quality of life (N = 150)

From: The path linking disease severity and cognitive function with quality of life in Parkinson’s disease: the mediating effect of activities of daily living and depression

  n (%) MCS PCS
Mean (SD) p Mean (SD) p
Gender      
 Male 85 (56.7) 50.5 (12.5) 0.097 31.4 (13.9) 0.253
 Female 65 (43.3) 47.0 (13.2) 28.7 (14.4)
Age (years)      
 ≤ 40 1 (0.7) 49.9 (0) 0.507 27.1 (0) 0.028
 41–59 33 (22.0) 51.3 (14.0) 36.0 (15.0)
 ≥ 60 116 (77.3) 48.3 (12.6) 28.6 (13.6)
Marital status      
 Married 137 (91.3) 49.4 (12.8) 0.222 31.1 (14.2) 0.014
 Widowed 13 (8.7) 44.8 (13.6) 21.0 (10.7)
Education      
 No formal education 10 (6.7) 47.0 (13.9) 0.131 19.8 (11.5) 0.002
 High school and below 119 (79.3) 48.2 (12.3) 29.7 (13.5)
 Junior college and above 21 (14.0) 54.2 (14.8) 37.8 (15.6)
Family population      
 2 6 (4.0) 56.9 (13.9) 0.304 30.40 (11.4) 0.075
 3 49 (32.7) 48.6 (12.3) 33.91 (13.3)
 ≥ 3 95 (63.3) 48.7 (13.1) 28.25 (14.5)
Smoking      
 Yes 34 (22.7) 47.9 (14.1) 0.595 31.08 (12.9) 0.676
 No 116 (77.3) 49.3 (12.6) 29.92 (14.5)
Drinking      
 Yes 30 (20.0) 49.3 (14.2) 0.862 29.32 (12.2) 0.709
 No 120 (80.0) 48.9 (12.6) 30.40 (14.6)
  1. SD: standard deviation, MCS: mental component summary, PCS: physical component summary