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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Oct 30.
Published in final edited form as: J Psychiatr Res. 2010 Sep 9;45(4):10.1016/j.jpsychires.2010.07.011. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2010.07.011

Table 1.

Demography and clinical data from NPH patients and controls. Data were presented as mean (±standard deviation) unless indicated otherwise. NPH = Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus; MMSE = Mini mental state examination. For age, independent t-test was performed which came out as significant (p < 0.05).

Characteristics of the sample Control (NNC)a NPH
Total samples 13 23
Age (Mean ± SD) 58.07 ± 9.47 72.78 ± 9.15
Gender Male 4; Female 9 Male 13; Female 10
Disease duration (Mean ± SD) 32 months ± 63 monthsb
MMSE Score (Mean ± SD) 23.17 ± 7.34c
a

Control subjects might have other non-neurological ailments but not NPH, hence given the name Non-NPH Control (NNC). MMSE evaluation was not carried out in NNC subjects.

b

Data from 5 patients were not obtained; Disease duration of one patient was 276 months which caused high SD.

c

Data from 5 patients were not obtained.