Research Article
Metabolic Risk Factors of Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia with Lewy Bodies, and Normal Elderly: A Population-Based Study
Table 1
Demographic and background characteristics of NC, AD, and DLB patients.
| | NC | AD | DLB | value |
| | 7544 | 1324 | 562 | | | Sex, f/m | 3758/3786 | 768/556 | 242/320 | <0.001 | | Age | | <50 | 216 (2.9) | 39 (2.9) | 15 (2.7) | | | 50–64 | 939 (12.4) | 188 (14.2) | 50 (8.90) | | | ≥65 | 6389 (84.7) | 1097 (82.9) | 497 (88.4) | | | Mean (SD) | 74.5 (11.1) | 74.2 (11.4) | 75.1 (10.3) | 0.26 | | Comorbidity | | Hypertension | 2777 (36.8) | 773 (58.4) | 340 (60.5) | <0.001 | | Diabetes mellitus | 1132 (15.0) | 387 (29.2) | 142 (25.3) | <0.001 | | Hyperlipidemia | 1201 (15.9) | 466 (35.2) | 146 (26.0) | <0.001 | | Drug | | Aspirin | 1139 (15.1) | 468 (35.3) | 186 (33.1) | <0.001 | | Clopidogrel | 21 (0.28) | 18 (1.36) | 7 (1.25) | <0.001 | | Warfarin | 45 (0.6) | 20 (1.51) | 5 (0.89) | 0.002 |
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Chi-square test; ANOVA. NC, normal control; AD, Alzheimer’s disease; DLB, dementia with Lewy bodies; SD, standard deviation. |
