From: Patterns of use of symptomatic treatments for Alzheimer's disease dementia (AD)
Characteristics | Major U.S. health plan | CPRD |
---|---|---|
N | 7,637 | 4,470 |
Age (years) | ||
Mean (std) | 82.1 (11.6) | 81 (7.6) |
Age Group (%) | ||
< 65 | 1.8 | 2.8 |
65–74 | 20.0 | 15.5 |
75–84 | 51.6 | 47.0 |
85 + | 26.6 | 34.7 |
Gender (%) | ||
Female | 63.2 | 63.1 |
Male | 36.8 | 36.9 |
Co-morbidity (%) | ||
Myocardial infarction | 8.6 | 5.7 |
CHF | 17.6 | 4.5 |
COPD | 24.1 | 18.8 |
Diabetes | 32.2 | 17.2 |
Kidney diseasea | 27.3 | 21.4 |