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Table 1 Demographic: comparison of gender for LBD patients

From: Clinical characteristics of Lewy body dementia in Chinese memory clinics

 

All

Male

Female

p-value*

Number of patients, n (%)

455 (100.0)

239 (52.5)

216 (47.5)

None

Demographic

 Age at visit, mean (SD), years

71.3 ± 8.8

71.8 ± 8.3

70.7 ± 8.8

None

 Age at onset, mean (SD), years

68.6 ± 8.4

69.2 ± 8.1

68.0 ± 8.8

None

 Education, mean (SD), years

10.2 ± 4.6

11.1 ± 4.1

9.3 ± 4.9

0.001

Diagnosis, n (%)

 DLB

348 (100.0)

177 (50.9)

171 (49.1)

None

 PDD

107 (100.0)

62 (57.9)

45 (42.1)

None

Clinical Evaluation, mean (SD)

 MMSE

17.5 ± 6.9

17.9 ± 7.1

17.0 ± 6.6

None

 MoCA

12.0 ± 6.5

13.0 ± 6.6

11.0 ± 6.3

0.002

 ADL

36.7 ± 15.2

36.1 ± 15.3

37.2 ± 15.2

None

  1. SD standard deviation, DLB Dementia with Lewy bodies, PDD Parkinson’s disease dementia, MMSE Mini Mental State Examination, MoCA Montreal Cognitive Assessment, ADL Activities of daily living
  2. *p-value for male vs. female