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Table 2 Frequencies of eligible candidates for clinical trial screening by diagnosis and sex

From: The role of sex and gender in the selection of Alzheimer patients for clinical trial pre-screening

Diagnosis—gender (N)

Age

Comorbidity

Medication

MMSE

Education

All criteria

All (9593)

7874 (82%)*

3791 (40%)*

6150 (64%)

9269 (97%)

5789 (60%) *

1458 (15%)*

 Men (2926)

2480 (85%)

1106 (38%)

1925 (66%)

2846 (97%)

2144 (73%)

506 (17%)

 Women (6667)

5394 (81%)

2685 (40%)

4225 (63%)

6423 (96%)

3645 (55%)

952 (14%)

 OR [95%CI]

1.22 [1.08–1.37]

0.86 [0.78–0.94]

1.08 [0.98–1.19]

1.09 [0.84–1.42]

2.25 [2.05–2.48]

1.26 [1.12–1.41]

AD (5278)

3875 (73%)*

2106 (40%)*

3222 (61%)

4973 (94%)

2792 (53%) *

623 (12%)*

 Men (1466)

1122 (77%)

563 (38%)

899 (61%)

1393 (95%)

984 (67%)

208 (14%)

 Women (3812)

2753 (72%)

1543 (40%)

2.323 (61%)

3580 (94%)

1808 (47%)

415 (11%)

 OR [95%CI]

1.22 [1.06–1.41]

0.87 [0.77–0.99]

0.98 [0.86–1.11]

1.07 [0.81–1.41]

2.26 [1.99–2.57]

1.35 [1.13–1.62]

MCI (4,315)

3999 (93%)

1685 (39%)*

2928 (68%)*

4296 (100%)

2997 (69%) *

835 (19%)

 Men (1,460)

1358 (93%)

543 (37%)

1026 (70%)

1453 (100%)

1160 (79%)

298 (20%)

 Women (2,855)

2641 (93%)

1142 (40%)

1902 (67%)

2843 (100%)

1837 (64%)

537 (19%)

 OR [95%CI]

1.05 [0.82–1.34]

0.85 [0.74–0.97]

1.19 [1.04–1.37]

0.81 [0.31–2.11]

2.15 [1.85–2.49]

1.11 [0.95–1.30]

  1. Unless otherwise noted, data are absolute frequency (relative frequency %)
  2. MMSE, mini-mental state examination; AD, Alzheimer’s disease; MCI, mild cognitive impairment
  3. Asterisk (*) indicate p < 0.05 in test comparing eligibility between males and females by multivariable logistic regression (or univariable logistic regression for all criteria)