Demographic study of parkinson's disease in Iran: Data on 1656 cases.

摘要: Background: There is no documented demographical study on Iranian Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients, so this was conducted to identify demographic information about patients with PD in Iran, and explore differences between Iran other countries. Methods: We reviewed medical records of 1656 diagnosed PD, who referred from all parts a referral clinic Tehran. collected data their age, gender, age onset, side motor symptoms’ drug history. Results: This performed idiopathic disease, the results showed that, out cases, 1132 were males (68.4%) 524 females (31.6%). The mean these 65.16 ±11.9 years (16-99 years). onset 53.16 ±12.5 (12-90 Among 697 345 (49.5%) had right remaining 352 cases left (50.5%). Side symptoms not associated at (P>0.05). incidence 50.1% 48.2% females, although difference statistically significant Conclusion: Our suggests that male female ratio among much higher