Table 1.

Body mass index, smoking, activities of daily living (ADL) score, cognitive impairments, and Rosow-Breslau work/walking impairment scale among community-dwelling Medicare beneficiaries 65 years or older using antipsychotic medications (APM) in 2001 and 2002 (n = 17,776).

	Atypical APM users (N=192)			Conventional APM users (N=101)			Non-users (N=17,483)
	N	%	95% CI	N	%	95% CI	N	%	95% CI
Gender
Female	116	60.42	[53.5, 67.3]	56	55.45	[45.8, 65.1]	10,039	57.42	[56.69, 58.15]
Male	76	39.58	[32.7, 46.5]	45	44.55	[34.9, 54.2]	7,444	42.58	[41.85, 43.31]
Age
65 to 74	67	34.90	[28.2, 41.6]	38	37.62	[28.2, 47.1]	7,421	42.45	[41.72, 43.18]
75 and older	125	65.10	[58.4, 71.8]	63	62.38	[52.3, 71.8]	10,062	57.55	[56.82, 58.28]
BMI
BM<30	169	88.02	[83.4, 92.6]	85	84.16	[77.0, 91.3]	14,140	80.88	[80.3, 81.5]
BMI≥30	23	11.98	[7.3, 16.5]	16	15.84	[8.7, 23.0]	3,343	19.12	[18.5, 19.7]
Smoking status
Current	12	6.28	[2.8, 9.7]	9	9.00	[3.4, 14.6]	1,824	10.45	[10.0, 10.9]
Former	96	50.26	[43.2, 57.4]	44	44.00	[34.3, 53.7]	8,500	48.68	[47.9,49.4]
Never	83	43.36	[36.3, 50.4]	47	47.00	[37.2, 56.8]	7,137	40.87	[40.1, 41.6]
ADL score
≥ 1 points	112	58.33	[51.4, 65.3]	45	44.55	[34.9, 54.2]	5,005	28.63	[28.0, 29.3]
0 points	80	41.67	[34.7, 48.6]	56	55.45	[45.8, 65.1]	12,478	71.37	[70.7, 72.0]
Cognitive impairment
Yes	115	60.85	[53.9, 67.8]	53	52.48	[42.7, 62.2]	2,045	11.73	[11.3, 12.2]
No	74	39.15	[32.2, 46.1]	48	47.52	[37.8, 57.3]	15,388	88.27	[87.8, 88.8]
Rosow-Breslau
≥ 1 impairments	163	85.79	[80.8, 90.8]	87	87.00	[80.4,93.6]	12,987	74.44	[73.8,75.1]
0 impairments	27	14.21	[9.3, 19.2]	13	13.00	[6.4, 19.6]	4,459	25.56	[24.9, 26.2]