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Table 1 Demographic characteristics according to gender and recruitment method.

From: Recruitment methods in Alzheimer's disease research: general practice versus population based screening by mail

 

Total

Routine Practice

Screening

p-value

Age Years (n)

All

80.7 ± 7.0 (187)

82.3 ± 6.1 (87)

79.5 ± 7.5 (100)

= .006

Women

82.0 ± 6.5 (113)

83.0 ± 5.5 (67)

81.1 ± 7.5 (46)

= .13

Men

78.8 ± 7.2 (74)

80.2 ± 7.5 (20)

78.2 ± 7.1 (54)

= .29

p-value

= .001

= .08

= .06

 

Gender, women n (%)

 

113 (60)

67 (77)

46 (46)

< .001

MMSE score

All

23.0 ± 3.9

21.3 ± 4.2

24.4 ± 2.9

< .001*

Women

22.5 ± 3.9

21.2 ± 4.1

24.4 ± 2.7

< .001

Men

23.8 ± 3.7

21.8 ± 4.6

24.5 ± 3.0

= .004

p-value

= .03†

= .60

= .80

 

Marital status (living couple) n (%)

All

81 (43)

28 (32)

53 (53)

= .004

Women

29 (26)

15 (22)

14 (30)

= .34

Men

70 (52)

13 (65)

39 (72)

= .40

p-value

< .001§

= .001

< .001

 

Own house/compartment n (%)

All

141 (75)

54 (62)

87 (87)

< .001

Women

77 (68)

41 (61)

36 (78)

= .06

Men

64 (86)

13 (65)

51 (94)

= .001

p-value

= .004||

= .76

= .04

 

Support from community nurses n (%)

All

85 (47)

57 (66)

28 (28)

< .001

Women

62 (55)

45 (67)

17 (37)

= .002

Men

23 (32)

12 (60)

11 (21)

= .001

p-value

= .002.¶

= .55

= .08

 
  1. The Northern Norwegian Dementia Study Group 2008. *Adjusted for age, education, gender and co-morbidity p < .001. †Age-adjusted p = .17. §Age-adjusted p < .001. ||Age-adjusted p = .10. ¶Age-adjusted p = .04