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. 2012 Aug 28;27(6):421–432. doi: 10.1177/1533317512454708

Table 1.

Patient Demographics and Baseline Characteristics

US subgroup
RoW subgroup
Donepezil 23 mg/d Donepezil 10 mg/d Donepezil 23 mg/d Donepezil 10 mg/d
Safety population 308 146 655 325
Age, years a
 Mean (SD) 74.5 (8.7) 75.0 (8.2) 73.5 (8.4) 73.3 (8.7)
Gender, n (%)
 Male 114 (37.0) 52 (35.6) 242 (36.9) 125 (38.5)
 Female 194 (63.0) 94 (64.4) 413 (63.1) 200 (61.5)
BMI b
 Mean (SD) 26.0 (4.7) 25.9 (4.7) 24.8 (4.2) 24.6 (4.0)
Education, years b
 Mean (SD) 13.3 (3.1) 13.1 (2.4) 9.5 (4.6) 9.7 (4.7)
Race, n (%) c
 White 268 (87.0) 129 (88.4) 440 (67.2) 217 (66.8)
 Black 22 (7.1) 9 (6.2) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
 Hispanic 18 (5.8) 7 (4.8) 49 (7.5) 19 (5.8)
 Asian/Pacific 0 (0.0) 1 (0.7) 161 (24.6) 86 (26.5)
 Other 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 5 (0.8) 3 (0.9)
Residence status, n (%) c
 Lives with caregiver 249 (80.8) 107 (73.3) 531 (81.1) 258 (79.4)
 Lives with relative/friend 26 (8.4) 12 (8.2) 71 (10.8) 33 (10.2)
 Lives alone 13 (4.2) 8 (5.5) 21 (3.2) 22 (6.8)
 Assisted living facility 13 (4.2) 17 (11.6) 7 (1.1) 3 (0.9)
 Senior residence 3 (1.0) 2 (1.4) 11 (1.7) 3 (0.9)
 Skilled nursing facility 3 (1.0) 0 (0.0) 4 (0.6) 2 (0.6)
 Intermediate nursing facility 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 3 (0.5) 0 (0.0)
 Other 1 (0.3) 0 (0.0) 7 (1.1) 4 (1.2)
Prior duration of 10 mg, weeks b
 Mean (SD) 167.5 (120.7) 166.7 (118.0) 86.1 (90.9) 76.0 (74.0)
Concomitant memantine at baseline, n (%) d 231 (75.0) 108 (74.0) 121 (18.5) 60 (18.5)
SIB
 Mean (SD) 73.3 (20.1) 76.1 (15.8) 74.8 (16.2) 75.1 (16.7)
MMSE b
 Mean (SD) 12.2 (5.3) 12.4 (4.9) 13.6 (4.8) 13.3 (4.6)
ADCS-ADL-sev
 Mean (SD) 34.5 (11.1) 35.0 (10.9) 33.9 (10.9) e 34.3 (11.4)
CIBIS-plus f
 Mean (SD) 4.50 (0.89) 4.48 (0.84) 4.37 (0.83) 4.35 (0.91)

Abbreviations: ADCS-ADL-sev, Alzheimer’s Disease Cooperative Study-Activities of Daily Living-severe version; BMI, body mass index; CIBIS-plus, Clinician’s Interview-Based Impression of Severity-plus caregiver input; MMSE, Mini-Mental State Examination; SIB, Severe Impairment Battery; RoW, rest of the world; SD, standard deviation.

a P < .05 for US subgroup (all patients) versus RoW subgroup (all patients); standard 2-sample t test.

b P < .001 for US subgroup (all patients) versus RoW subgroup (all patients); standard 2-sample t test.

c P < .001 for US subgroup (all patients) versus RoW subgroup (all patients); χ2 test.

d P < .001 for US subgroup (all patients) versus RoW subgroup (all patients); χ2 test.

e Based on 644 patients with available baseline ADCS-ADL-sev data.

f P < .01 for US subgroup (all patients) versus RoW subgroup (all patients); standard 2-sample t test.