Short- and long-term effects of tactile massage on salivary cortisol concentrations in Parkinson’s disease: a randomised controlled pilot study

Table 1 Clinical and demographic characteristics of the two PD populations at baseline

Group	Sex	Age¹	Weight²	BMI²	H&Y^2,3	UPDRS (I-IV)^2,4
“Tactile massage”	Male (n = 10)	50-78	86.5 (68.1/103.4)	26.6 (24.1/37.4)	1.5 (1.0/2.5)	31.5 (24.1/46.4)
“Tactile massage”	Female (n = 19)	60-79	64.7 (54.8/95.0)	25.0 (20.2/35.9)	2.5 (1.5/3.1)	39.0 (27.5/61.2)
“Rest to music”	Male (n = 6)	50-74	88.6 (62.0/102.0)	27.0 (23.6/31.5)	3.0 (1.5/3.0)	42.5 (32.0/57.0)
“Rest to music”	Female (n = 9)	50-74	70.8 (44.5/92.4)	24.2 (17.8/31.2)	2.0 (1.0/4.0)	39.0 (21.0/78.0)

Values are given as range¹ and medians/10^th and 90^th percentiles². Hoehn and Yahr³, Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale⁴.
There were no statistical differences between the groups or gender. (Statistical method: Mann–Whitney U-test).

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