Overall characteristics of participants of the selected studies

ArticleDesignCountryNumber of PD patientsNumber of healthy patients (control)Age of PD patients (years)Age of healthy patients (years)Disease stage (Hoehn & Yahr) [20]Disease severity (MDS UPDRS-III) [19]Disease duration (years)
Baram et al. [21], 2020RCTDenmark29-32–72-2.9 ± 0.420.6 ± 4.911.7 ± 5.0
Baram et al. [22], 2023CSDenmark6,87434,28571 (58–82)71 (58–82)---
Barbe et al. [23], 2017CSGermany100-71 ± 8.7--17.5 ± 8.6-
Barbe et al. [24], 2017CSGermany262669 ± 9.069 ± 9.0-13.0 ± 9.09.0 ± 4.0
Barbe et al. [25], 2017CSGermany303069.3 ± 8.069.3 ± 7.9-12.0 ± 8.8-
Fleury et al. [26], 2021CSSwitzerland202062.864.32154.7
García-De-La-Fuente et al. [27], 2022CSSpain10410666.2 ± 9.259.2 ± 14.1---
García-de-la-Fuente et al. [28], 2023CSSpain10410666.2 ± 9.266.2 ± 9.2---
John et al. [29], 2021CSIndia324258.4 ± 10.666.2 ± 9.2---
Lyra et al. [30], 2020CSPortugal28-72.3 ± 8.1-2.7--
Pradeep et al. [31], 2015CSIndia454654.5 ± 9.163.9 ± 13.1---
Ribeiro et al. [32], 2016CSBrazil172069.41 ± 4.6572.00 ± 5.69--6.76 ± 3.80
Ribeiro et al. [33], 2017CSBrazil171769.4 ± 4.770.7 ± 4.7--6.76 ± 3.80
Rozas et al. [34], 2021CSUSA303069.2 ± 9.469.1 ± 8.4---
van Stiphout et al. [35], 2018CSNetherlands747470.2 ± 8.867.9 ± 10.12.4--
Verhoeff et al. [36], 2022CSNetherlands34141165.5 ± 8.462.6 ± 5.3-11.5 ± 7.57.0 ± 5.5

-: unknown; CS: cross sectional; RCT: randomized clinical trial; MDS-UPDRS-III: Movement Disorders Society-Unified Parkinson Disease Rating scale-part III; PD: Parkinson’s disease. Age, disease stage/severity/duration are expressed in years as mean ± SD (standard deviation)