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Table 1 Characteristics of the 8620 study participants

From: Patterns of dementia treatment in older adults with Parkinson’s disease using nationwide medical claims data

 

All (n = 8620)

  

Characteristic

PD without D (n = 4741)

PD with D (n = 3879)

P

SMD

Sex, female

2760 (58.2)

2505 (64.6)

< 0.001

0.1316

Age at the first claim with PD diagnosis (years)

74.6 ± 5.9

74 ± 6.0

< 0.001

0.1009

 60–64

145 (3.1)

174 (4.5)

  

 65–69

781 (16.5)

756 (19.5)

  

 70–74

1556 (32.8)

1216 (31.4)

  

 75–79

1319 (27.8)

1033 (26.6)

  

 80–84

660 (13.9)

517 (13.3)

  

 85 or more

280 (5.9)

183 (4.7)

  

Residential area

  

< 0.001

 

 Seoul and capital areaa

2003 (42.3)

1401 (36.1)

 

0.1271

 Metropolitan cityb

830 (17.5)

700 (18.1)

 

0.0157

 Rural area

1908 (40.2)

1778 (45.8)

 

0.1132

Income quintiles

  

< 0.001

 

 Medicaid

549 (11.6)

597 (15.4)

 

0.1115

 Q1(lowest)

589 (12.4)

458 (11.8)

  

 Q2

421 (8.9)

336 (8.7)

  

 Q3

521 (11)

416 (10.7)

  

 Q4

849 (17.9)

628 (16.2)

  

 Q5(highest)

1812 (38.2)

1444 (37.2)

  

Anticholinergic use

1138 (24.0)

1459 (37.6)

< 0.001

0.2962

 Trihexyphenyl

711 (15.0)

910 (23.5)

< 0.001

0.2168

 Benztropine

524 (11.1)

778 (20.1)

< 0.001

0.2505

Anti-dementia medication use

15 (0.3)

2539 (65.5)

< 0.001

1.7764

  1. Abbreviations: PD Parkinson’s disease, D dementia, SMD standardized mean difference
  2. Data are shown as mean ± SD or number (%). P values were obtained by t-test for continuous variables or chi-square test for categorical variables
  3. aSeoul, Incheon, and Gyeonggi-do; bBusan, Daegu, Daejeon, Gwangju, Sejong, and Ulsan