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Table 1 Demographics and baseline characteristics of the intent-to-treat population

From: Evaluating the cognitive effects of donepezil 23 mg/d in moderate and severe Alzheimer’s disease: analysis of effects of baseline features on treatment response

Characteristic

Donepezil 23 mg/d

Donepezil 10 mg/d

Age, years

  

 Number of patients

909

462

 Mean (± SD)

73.8 (8.48)

73.8 (8.55)

 Median

75.0

75.0

 Range

47-89

49-90

Gender

  

 Number of patients

909

462

 Males, n (%)

335 (36.9)

175 (37.9)

 Females, n (%)

574 (63.1)

287 (62.1)

Weight, kg

  

 Number of patients

908

462

 Mean (± SD)

66.7 (14.8)

66.2 (14.4)

 Median

65.5

64.5

MMSE

  

 Number of patients

908

462

 Mean (± SD)

13.1 (4.99)

13.1 (4.72)

 Median

14.0

14.0

ADCS-ADL-sev

  

 Number of patients

908

461

 Mean (± SD)

34.1 (10.88)

34.5 (11.19)

 Median

36.0

36.0

SIB

  

 Number of patients

907

462

 Mean (± SD)

74.2 (17.58)

75.6 (16.28)

 Median

81.0

82.0

CIBIS-plus

  

 Number of patients

904

461

 Mean (± SD)

4.42 (0.85)

4.38 (0.89)

 Median

4.0

4.0

Duration of prestudy

  

donepezil 10 mg/d, weeks

  

 Number of patients

909

462

 Mean (±SD)

113.4 (108.4)

104.9 (99.2)

 Median

71.9

66.3

  1. MMSE = Mini-Mental State Examination; ADCS-ADL-sev = Alzheimer’s Disease Cooperative Study-Activities of Daily Living Inventory, severe version; SIB = Severe Impairment Battery; CIBIS-plus = Clinician’s Interview-Based Impression of Severity-plus caregiver input; SD = standard deviation.