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Table 1 Demographic and clinical data of all the study participants and comparison between those with and without Japanese education

From: Language background in early life may be related to neuropsychiatry symptoms in patients with Alzheimer disease

 

All subjects

(n = 250)

With Japanese education

(n = 93)

Without Japanese education (n = 157)

P value

Age

82.6 ± 3.5

81.4 ± 3.4

83.1 ± 3.6

0.006*

Female (n, %)

113 (45.2%)

65 (69.8%)

48 (30.5%)

<0.001*

Education (years)

9.7 ± 4.3

7.7 ± 3.2

10.8 ± 4.5

<0.001*

MMSE

18.9 ± 4.8

18.9 ± 4.7

18.8 ± 4.9

0.964

CDR (n, %)

 1

193 (77.2%)

72 (77.5%)

121 (77.1%)

0.473

 2

50 (20%)

20 (21.5%)

30 (19.1%)

 

 3

7 (2.8%)

1 (1.1%)

6 (3.8%)

 

CDR-SOB

6.7 ± 3.0

6.6 (2.5)

6.8 (3.2)

0.636

Disease duration (months)

48.8 ± 45.5

45.6 ± 46.5

50.7 ± 44.9

0.390

  1. Note: MMSE Mini-Mental State Examination, CDR Clinical Dementia Rating Scale, CDR-SOB Clinical Dementia Rating Scale Sum of Boxes scores
  2. The p-value stand for results of comparison between with/without Japanese education, * for p < 0.05, Values are mean ± SD and number (%)