Table 1.
Sociodemographic and clinical data for responder and non-responder groups. Numbers are median (range) or absolute (relative) frequency*
|
|
Responders
(n = 10) |
Non-responders
(n = 10) |
P |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| median | range | median | range | ||
| Age (years) |
71 |
65-82 |
74 |
67-82 |
0.393 |
| Sex (female/male) |
5/5 |
50/50 |
7/3 |
70/30 |
0.650 |
| MMSE before ELD |
27 |
21-28 |
24 |
4-29 |
0.280 |
| MMSE after ELD |
29 |
23-30 |
26 |
4-30 |
0.143 |
| JiNPHS before ELD |
5 |
3-7 |
4 |
3-11 |
>0.999 |
| JiNPHS after ELD |
2 |
1-5 |
4 |
1-11 |
0.015 |
| CSF volume drained in 72 h (mL) | 730 | 570-931 | 787 | 650-982 | 0.278 |
*Abbreviations: MMSE – Mini-Mental State Examination; JiNPHS – Japanese iNPH Scale; ELD – external lumbar drainage, CSF – cerebrospinal fluid.