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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2021 Jun 8;69(9):2464–2475. doi: 10.1111/jgs.17291

Table 3:

Mean number of highly anticholinergic and sedating medications among persons with versus without dementia

Category Persons with dementia 29.0 million visits (weighted)
 Persons without dementia 780 million visits (weighted) p value for comparison
Number of highly sedating medications 0.47 +/− 0.08 0.19 +/− 0.01 p=0.001
Number of highly anticholinergic medications 0.17 +/− 0.03 0.09 +/− 0.004 p<0.001
Number of highly anticholinergic and sedating medications 0.64 +/− 0.09 0.28 +/− 0.01 p<0.001

Means are presented with standard errors. The unweighted sample included 918 visits for PWD and 26,543 visits for PWOD.