Table 2.

Distribution of scores of the anticholinergic burden scales in polypharmacy and non-polypharmacy population

Scale	Polypharmacy Mean (range)	No Polypharmacy Mean (range)
ACB score	3.6 (0–10)	2.21 (0–9)
ARS score	1.4 (0–6)	1.06 (0–6)
CRIDECO (CALS)	3.4 (0–9)	2.06 (0–9)
ADS score	1.58 (0–6)	1.17 (0–6)
AEC score	1.55 (0–6)	1.14 (0–8)
ALS score	1.78 (0–7)	1.04 (0–6)
CrAS score	1.55 (0–7)	0.95 (0–6)

ACB Anticholinergic Cognitive Burden, ARS Anticholinergic Risk Scale, ADS Anticholinergic Drug Scale, ALS Anticholinergic Load Scale, CrAS Clinician-rated Anticholinergic Scale, AEC Anticholinergic Effect on Cognition, CALS CRIDECO Anticholinergic Load Scale, SD Standard Deviation