Table 1

Patient’s characteristics at baseline

Patient		Age (y)		Sex		Disease duration (y)		Dosage of levodopa (mg/day)		Motor part of UPDRS				Hoehn and Yahr
Patient		Age (y)		Sex		Disease duration (y)		Dosage of levodopa (mg/day)		off	on			off	on
1	73	F	13	1000	29	10		4	3
2	66	F	10	1050	41	6.5		5	2
3	66	F	20	800	42	15		4	3
4	65	F	15	1050	30	9		4	3
5	51	M	10	2500	35	7		4	2
6	65	M	25	900	38	5		5	2
Mean	64 (3)		15 (2)	1200 (260)	36 (2)	9 (1)		4.3 (0.2)	2.5 (0.2)

Values in parentheses are SEM.