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Table 4 Comparison of NPI-Q sub-items of the study participants with and without Japanese education

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

 

With Japanese education (n = 93)

Without Japanese education (n = 157)

P value

NPI-Q total

24.1 ± 3.4

15.8 ± 1.8

0.024*

Delusion

3.1 ± 4.8

1.9 ± 4.0

0.043*

Hallucination

1.0 ± 2.6

1.0 ± 3.1

0.954

Agitation

2.4 ± 4.2

1.6 ± 3.3

0.103

Depression

2.1 ± 4.0

1.2 ± 2.3

0.033*

Anxiety

2.6 ± 4.1

1.3 ± 2.9

0.004*

Euphoria

0.6 ± 2.3

1.3 ± 2.9

0.213

Apathy

1.9 ± 3.8

1.3 ± 2.8

0.168

Disinhibition

2.1 ± 3.9

1.3 ± 3.1

0.060

Irritability

2.8 ± 4.5

1.9 ± 3.5

0.072

Aberrant behaviors

1.8 ± 3.4

1.2 ± 3.2

0.226

Sleep disturbance

2.0 ± 3.8

1.3 ± 3.0

0.111

Loss of appetite

1.2 ± 2.9

1.0 ± 3.0

0.566

  1. * for p < 0.05, Values are mean ± SD