Table 2. Characteristics of participants according to capacity assessment.

	Has capacity unanimously	Disagreement on capacity	Lacks capacity unanimously	Significance (p)
N	24 (60.0%)	9 (22.5%)	7 (17.5%)
Mean age (median)	62.5	70.0	80.0	0.006
Gender (% males)	50.0	66.7	42.9	0.7
Ethnicity (% white)	91.7	100.0	71.4	0.16
% Living independently (including with family input)	87.5	77.8	42.8	0.05
Years of education (mean)	11.0	9.7	10.3	0.02
% with recurrent diagnosis, same presentation	62.5	22.2	14.3	0.03
% clinical team thought had capacity	100	88.9	71.4	0.03
% nearest relative thought had capacity	100	75.0	75.0	0.004
MMSE (median)	28.5	26.0	16.0	p<0.001