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Published in final edited form as: J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2013 Aug 26;85(2):168–173. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2013-305979

Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of subjects with MBD or a condition mimicking it

Characteristic	MBD cases 153	MBD mimics 53^†
Mean age at onset, years (95% CI)	48·4 (46·6–50·3)^‡	25·3 (20·4–30·3)
Men, n (%)	123 (80·4)^‡	28 (52·8)
Alcoholism (%)	142 (92·8)^‡	0
Malnutrition^* (%)	64 (39·8)^‡	0
Wernicke’s disease (%)	19 (12·4)^‡	0
Thiamine treatment (%)	103 (67·3)^‡	3 (5·7)
Steroid treatment (%)	19 (12·4)	10 (18·9)
Diabetes (%)	10 (6·5)	6 (11·3)

Malnutrition or prolonged vomiting without alcohol consumption in 11 cases

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Includes 23 subjects with a cerebral infection, 14 with epilepsy, 5 with hypoglycaemia and 11 with miscellaneous conditions (for details, see Appendix 2).

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