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Table 1 Baseline patient demographics among patients with and without BD

From: Treatment patterns and burden of behavioral disturbances in patients with dementia in the United States: a claims database analysis

 

With BD (N = 16,440)

Without BD (N = 86,962)

P value (with versus without BD)

Mean age (years [SD])

83.5 (7.1)

82.9 (7.5)

<  0.001

Age group (n [%])

 65–74

1981 (12.1)

13,247 (15.2)

<  0.001

 75–84

6628 (40.3)

34,824 (40.1)

 

 85–94

7066 (43.0)

34,811 (40.0)

 

 95+

765 (4.7)

4080 (4.7)

 

Gender (n [%])

 Male

6478 (39.4)

33,691 (38.7)

0.110

 Female

9962 (60.6)

53,271 (61.3)

 

Geographic region (n [%])

 Northeast

3222 (19.6)

17,724 (20.4)

<  0.001

 North

6290 (38.3)

31,530 (36.3)

 

 South

4868 (29.6)

25,635 (29.5)

 

 West

2020 (12.3)

11,809 (13.6)

 

 Unknown

40 (.2)

264 (.3)

 

Mean follow-up (months [SD])

16.99 (7.1)

15.80 (7.0)

<  0.001

  1. BD behavioral disturbance, SD standard deviation