TABLE 1.
Clinical data by dementia type
| Patient characteristica | Data by dementia type |
P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No dementia | Alzheimer’s disease | Other dementia | ||
| Age (mean [SD]) (yr) | 83.0 (10.2) | 84.7 (8.1) | 87.9 (7.9) | 0.06 |
| Age category (mean [SD])b | 2.3 (1.0) | 2.5 (0.8) | 2.8 (0.8) | 0.41 |
| Male | 8 (15.7) | 4 (16.7) | 6 (18.2) | 0.96 |
| Diabetic | 11 (21.6) | 5 (20.8) | 9 (27.3) | 0.80 |
| Immunosuppressed | 3 (5.9) | 1 (4.2) | 0 (0.0) | 0.38 |
| Malignancy | 6 (11.8) | 2 (8.3) | 3 (9.1) | 0.87 |
| CKD | 15 (29.4) | 9 (49.5) | 10 (30.3) | 0.77 |
| CCI score (mean [SD]) | 1.65 (1.7) | 1.38 (1.2) | 1.58 (1.6) | 0.79 |
| Medications | ||||
| PPI | 16 (31.4) | 1 (4.2) | 6 (18.2) | 0.024 |
| Statin | 11 (21.6) | 4 (16.7) | 8 (24.2) | 0.79 |
| Antipsychotic | 0 (0.0) | 4 (16.7) | 2 (6.1) | 0.013 |
| Polypharmacy | 34 (66.7) | 14 (58.3) | 22 (66.7) | 0.75 |
| Clinical scores | ||||
| Malnutrition (mean [SD]) | 1.7 (0.7) | 2.3 (0.6) | 2.3 (0.6) | <0.0001 |
| Frailty (mean [SD]) | 2.9 (1.0) | 3.4 (0.7) | 3.7 (0.6) | 0.003 |
a
Data are presented as the number (%), unless otherwise specified. CKD, chronic kidney disease; CCI, Charlson comorbidity index.
b
The age categories are as follows: category 1, 65 to 74 years; category 2, 75 to 84 years; category 3, 85 to 94 years; and category 4, ≥95 years.