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. 2015 Feb 3;7(1):5. doi: 10.1186/s13195-014-0081-2

Table 1.

Patient demographics and baseline characteristics (FAS)

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( n= 37) ( n= 45) ( n= 49) ( n= 94)
Sex, number (%)
  Male 14 (37.8) 20 (44.4) 21 (42.9) 41 (43.6)
  Female 23 (62.2) 25 (55.6) 28 (57.1) 53 (56.4)
Age, years 76.7 ± 6.0 78.8 ± 5.1 77.7 ± 6.8 78.2 ± 6.1
Weight, kg 51.52 ± 10.68 50.68 ± 9.24 51.72 ± 9.89 51.22 ± 9.55
Duration of dementia, years 2.1 ± 2.4 2.7 ± 1.8 2.3 ± 1.9 2.5 ± 1.9
History of antidementia medication, number (%)
  Yes 1 (2.7) 3 (6.7) 4 (8.2) 7 (7.4)
  No 36 (97.3) 42 (93.3) 45 (91.8) 87 (92.6)
Visual hallucinations, number (%)
  Yes 37 (100.0) 39 (86.7) 39 (79.6) 78 (83.0)
  No 0 6 (13.3) 10 (20.4) 16 (17.0)
Cognitive fluctuation, number (%)
  Yes 34 (91.9) 41 (91.1) 46 (93.9) 87 (92.6)
  No 3 (8.1) 4 (8.9) 3 (6.1) 7 (7.4)
Parkinsonism, number (%)
  Yes 32 (86.5) 39 (86.7) 44 (89.8) 83 (88.3)
  No 5 (13.5) 6 (13.3) 5 (10.2) 11 (11.7)
Hoehn & Yahr, number (%)
  I 4 (10.8) 8 (17.8) 7 (14.3) 15 (16.0)
  II 15 (40.5) 17 (37.8) 19 (38.8) 36 (38.3)
  III 13 (35.1) 14 (31.1) 18 (36.7) 32 (34.0)
MMSE 20.2 ± 4.3 20.6 ± 4.1 20.3 ± 4.8 20.4 ± 4.4
NPI-2 6.9 ± 3.9 6.9 ± 4.5 7.3 ± 4.7 7.1 ± 4.6
NPI-10 19.1 ± 13.5 18.9 ± 15.3 16.6 ± 11.7 17.7 ± 13.5
ZBI 26.0 ± 15.4 28.3 ± 18.5 31.4 ± 17.8 29.9 ± 18.1

FAS, full analysis set, MMSE, Mini-Mental State Examination, NPI: Neuropsychiatric Inventory, ZBI: Zarit Caregiver Burden Interview. Values are expressed as mean ± SD, unless otherwise specified.