TABLE 2.
Baseline demographic characteristics by any anticholinergic drug use
| All (n=1955) | any anticholinergic drug: no (n=596) | any anticholinergic drug: yes (n=1359) | P value | |
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| Age | 77.6 (7.4) | 77.1 (7.3) | 77.8 (7.4) | 0.059* |
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| Female | 1198 (61.3%) | 360 (60.4%) | 838 (61.7%) | 0.634** |
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| Education | 0.090** | |||
| < high school | 264 (13.5%) | 78 (13.1%) | 186 (13.7%) | |
| = high school | 883 (45.2%) | 250 (41.9%) | 633 (46.6%) | |
| > high school | 808 (41.3%) | 268 (45.0%) | 540 (39.7%) | |
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| Total number of prescription medications | 4 [2; 6] | 1 [0; 3] | 5 [3; 7] | <0.001*** |
Table shows mean (SD), or frequency (%), or median [Q1; Q3]. P values reflect tests for significant differences between any anticholinergic drug use groups using the following tests:
t test;
Chi-squared test;
Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test.