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Table 1 Baseline demographics of patients with and without concomitant memantine use

From: Effect of concomitant use of memantine on mortality and efficacy outcomes of galantamine-treated patients with Alzheimer’s disease: post-hoc analysis of a randomized placebo-controlled study

 

Memantine

No memantine

All

 

Placebo

Galantamine

Placebo

Galantamine

Memantine

No memantine

p value

N

245

251

776

773

496

1549

 

Sex

 Women (%)

60.4

67.3

65.2

64.9

63.9

65.1

0.7976χ

Age (years)

 Mean (SD)

74.2 (8.7)

73.8 (8.8)

72.8 (8.6)

72.7 (8.9)

74.0 (8.76)

72.8 (8.76)

0.008t

MMSE

 Mean (SD)

18.4 (4.2)

18.0 (4.1)

19.1 (4.0)

19.4 (4.1)

18.2 (4.16)

19.2 (4.02)

0.0001t

DAD

 Mean (SD)

59.0 (23.3)

57.0 (23.7)

61.5 (20.3)

63.4 (20.7)

58.0 (23.49)

62.5 (20.52)

0.0001t

AD duration (years)

 Mean (SD)

0.8 (1.3)

1.1 (1.7)

0.8 (1.7)

0.7 (1.3)

0.95 (1.50)

0.75 (1.57)

0.0127t

Prior therapy

 Cholinomimetic use (%)

23.3

23.5

16.0

13.3

23.4

14.7

0.0001χ

Nursing home placement

N

116

101

312

305

217

617

 

 Cases, n (%)

10 (8.6)

3 (3.0)

14 (4.5)

13 (4.3)

13 (6.0)

27 (4.4)

0.3507χ

  1. χChi-square analysis
  2. t t test
  3. AD Alzheimer’s disease, DAD disability assessment for dementia, MMSE mini–mental state examination, SD standard deviation