IDE Gene Polymorphism Influences on BPSD in Mild Dementia of Alzheimer's Type

Table 4

Comparison of demographic, disease-related, and caregiver-related variables of DAT patients with and without affective disturbance at the time of diagnosis.

Patients	DAT with affective disturbance	DAT without affective disturbance
Gender, male/female	16/52	48/91
Education, years	11.8±8.1	11.0±5.8
Mean MMSE score ±SD	19.7±3.2	19.0±3.5
Mean DAD score ±SD	80.0±6.9	77.9±9.6
Physical problems, %	29.4	39.6
Diabetes mellitus, %	7.4	8.6
Hypertension, %	16.2	18.0
Receipt of social welfare services, %	32.4	30.2
Mean caregiver’s age ±SD, years	56.8±14.6	60.2±14.9
Relationship, % (spouse/child/daughter-in-law/sibling)	(47.1/33.8/16.2/2.9)	(56.8/30.9/10.1/2.2)