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Table 5.

Laboratory investigations of the studied groups regarding cognitive impairment

Variable	PD with cognitive impairment (n = 33)	PD without cognitive impairment (n = 47)	p value
Hb (g/dL)	11.8 ± 1.11	11.7 ± 0.9	0.614
Platelets (× 10⁹/L)	242.4 ± 28.18	247.9 ± 28.65	0.4
WBCs (× 10⁹/L)	7.2 ± 1.08	7.7 ± 1.13	0.075
FBS (mg/dL)	121.2 ± 49.03	95.02 ± 33.23	0.006^*
HbA1C (%)	5.6 ± 1.01	5.4 ± 0.74	0.199
Serum creatinine (mg/dL)	0.6 ± 0.19	0.6 ± 0.17	0.822
Urea (mg/dL)	42.5 ± 13.62	41.6 ± 11.82	0.729
ALT (U/L)	45.3 ± 12.76	47.9 ± 11.66	0.359
AST (U/L)	35.4 ± 11.31	36.1 ± 12.45	0.806
TSH (mIU/L)	3.1 ± 0.49	3.3 ± 0.49	0.041^*
Free T4 (ng/dL)	1.6 ± 0.09	1.5 ± 0.09	0.464
Free T3 (ng/dL)	4.04 ± 0.22	4.03 ± 0.21	0.892

^* Data is significant; p value < 0.05. PD: Parkinson’s disease; Hb: hemoglobin; WBCs: white blood cells; FBS: fasting blood glucose; HbA1C: hemoglobin A1c; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; TSH: thyroid-stimulating hormone

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Author contributions

AAG: Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. NHE: Investigation, Writing—review & editing. AES: Validation, Writing—review & editing, Supervision. AE: Validation, Writing—review & editing, Supervision. All authors read and approved the submitted version.

Conflicts of interest

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest regarding the publication of this article.

Ethical approval

This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of the Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt (Approval number: Near-Med._78 Predictors Of Cognitive Impairment In Egyptian Patients With Parkinson’s Disease._000078), and was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.

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