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Table 6 Frequency of different neuropsychiatric comorbidities in patients with dementia with Lewy bodies ( n = 634) versus Alzheimer’s disease patients ( n = 9,161) within different subgroups regarding gender, cognitive level at the time of diagnosis and living place using the chapters of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision

From: Comorbidity profile in dementia with Lewy bodies versus Alzheimer’s disease: a linkage study between the Swedish Dementia Registry and the Swedish National Patient Registry

Title

Gender

DLB (%)

AD (%)

Pvalue

Cognition

DLB (%)

AD (%)

Pvalue

Living place

DLB (%)

AD (%)

Pvalue

Depression

Male

6.3

3.8

0.020

MMSE≥22

6.3

5.2

0.350

Own house

7.0

4.5

0.006

Female

8.7

4.8

0.005

MMSE≤22

7.4

3.5

0.001

Nursing home

9.3

3.9

0.068

Anxiety

Male

3.4

1.8

0.031

MMSE≥22

3.3

2.7

0.464

Own house

3.2

2.6

0.372

Female

3.2

3.0

0.901

MMSE≤22

3.3

2.7

0.528

Nursing home

4.0

2.8

0.469

Behavioral disorders

Male

3.4

2.6

0.381

MMSE≥22

2.4

1.9

0.471

Own house

2.9

1.8

0.079

Female

3.2

1.6

0.071

MMSE≤22

3.7

2.0

0.062

Nursing home

6.7

4.1

0.362

Bipolar affective disorders

Male

0.5

0.5

0.702

MMSE≥22

0.6

0.5

0.689

Own house

0.9

0.4

0.185

Female

1.2

0.5

0.129

MMSE≤22

1.1

0.4

0.105

Nursing home

0

1.0

1

Sleep disorders

Male

3.9

2.5

0.094

MMSE≥22

2.7

2.0

0.339

Own house

2.7

1.6

0.040

Female

0.8

1.1

1

MMSE≤22

2.2

1.1

0.124

Nursing home

2.7

1.4

0.325

Syncope

Male

7.1

6.7

0.789

MMSE≥22

6.9

7.4

0.782

Own house

7.5

7.2

0.740

Female

7.5

7.4

0.950

MMSE≤22

7.8

6.9

0.579

Nursing home

5.3

7.7

0.471

Stroke

Male

8.7

6.0

0.043

MMSE≥22

6.9

5.3

0.193

Own house

8.4

5.1

0.001

Female

7.9

4.8

0.025

MMSE≤22

9.3

5.0

0.002

Nursing home

8.0

7.1

0.772

Cerebral hemorrhage

Male

1.8

1.6

0.732

MMSE≥22

1.2

1.2

0.547

Own house

1.8

1.4

0.410

Female

1.2

1.3

1

MMSE≤22

1.9

1.7

0.807

Nursing home

0

1.8

0.613

Epilepsy

Male

1.6

1.5

0.958

MMSE≥22

1.2

1.3

1

Own house

1.8

1.3

0.287

Female

2.0

1.2

0.242

MMSE≤22

2.2

1.2

0.165

Nursing home

1.3

2.4

1

Migraine

Male

0.5

0.2

0.249

MMSE≥22

0.9

0.4

0.165

Own house

0.7

0.3

0.138

Female

1.6

0.4

0.580

MMSE≤22

1.1

0.2

0.034

Nursing home

2.7

0.2

0.045

  1. Univariate comparisons were performed using either the chi-square or Fisher’s exact test wherever appropriate. Statistically significant differences (P≤0.05) in bold. AD, Alzheimer’s disease; DLB, dementia with Lewy bodies; MMSE, Mini-Mental State Examination.