Table 4

Clinical and treatment variables: patients withdrawn from DA due to ICD (n=42)

DAWS+ (n=13)DAWS− (n=29)p Value
Clinical variables
 Age at PD onset51.8 (7.2) (42–67)49.9 (9.5) (30–69)0.47
 PD duration at withdrawal (years)9.1 (5.5) (3–19)9.4 (5.7) (1–21)0.91
 Age at withdrawal60.7 (6.7) (46–70)59.3 (10.5) (42–84)0.65
 Gender (% male)69%82%0.32*
 UPDSR-III score at withdrawal19 (5.3) (8–27)21 (9.9) (7–47)0.65
 Marital status (%)82%82%0.98*
 Smoking history (%)45%14%0.03*
 Smoking at withdrawal (%)9%7%0.86*
 ICD before PD8%7%0.68*
 Illicit drug use before PD8%3%0.52*
 ICD duration before withdrawal (months)12.3 (13.1)12.6 (14.1)0.9
 ICD with previous DA (%)17%57%0.09*
Treatment variables
 LD-LEDD at DA withdrawal842 (470) (300–1800)491 (423) (0–1600)0.02
 Levodopa treatment duration at withdrawal5.3 (4.5) (1–13)6.8 (6.3) (0–21)0.88
 DA-LEDD at DA withdrawal239 (142) (60–480)289 (152) (40–600)0.37
 Total LEDD at withdrawal1051 (507) (300–1900)780 (503) (40–2100)0.11
 DA treatment duration (years)4.9 (3.3) (0.25–12)4.7 (4.1) (0.3–17)0.56
 Cumulative DA-LEDD (dose × years)1335 (1124) (15–3525)1296 (1217) (40–4404)0.78
 DA-LEDD withdrawn/week61 (55) (9–200)53.4 (54.3) (8–225)0.76
  • Results are given as mean (SD), (range) unless otherwise indicate.

  • * χ2 or Fisher's exact test.

  • t Test.

  • Mann–Whitney U test.

  • Missing data: Marital status: DAWS+, 2; DAWS−, 1. UPDRS-III: DAWS+, 3; DAWS−, 3. Smoking history: DAWS+, 2, DAWS−, 1. Smoking at withdrawal: DAWS+, 2; DAWS−, 2. Speed of withdrawal (DA-LEDD/week): DAWS+, 1; DAWS−, 5; ICD duration at withdrawal: DAWS+, 1; DAWS−, 1.

  • DA, dopamine agonist; DAWS, dopamine agonist withdrawal syndrome; ICD, impulse control disorder; LEDD, levodopa equivalent daily dose; PD, Parkinson's disease; UPDRS, unified Parkinson's disease rating scale.