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. 2015 Aug 17;31(2):132–136. doi: 10.1177/1533317515598859

Table 1.

Study Participant Characteristics.

Variable N = 3351
Age, years 78.9 ± 6.3
Sex, men/women 1188/2163
Education, years 10.1 ± 3.0
Barthel index score 90.3 ± 17.2
Charlson comorbidity index 1.2 ± 1.5
Mini-Mental State Examination score 19.7 ± 6.1
Disease, n (%)
 Dementia
  Alzheimer’s-type dementia 1,704 (50.9)
  Vascular dementia 75 (2.2)
  Frontotemporal dementia 43 (1.3)
  Lewy body dementia 154 (4.6)
  Mixed dementia 253 (7.5)
 Mild cognitive impairment 478 (14.3)
 Normal-pressure hydrocephalus 46 (1.4)
Medication
 No. of medications 3.7 ± 3.1
 Anticholinergic medication, n (%) 160 (4.8)
 Alzheimer’s disease medication, n (%) 1,298 (38.7)
 Polypharmacy (≥5 medications), n (%) 916 (27.3)