Research Article
Past Cigarette Smoking Is More Common among Those with Cholinergic Than Noncholinergic Dementias
Table 1
Comparison of demographic and past smoking history information between those with and without cholinergic dementias.
| ā | Cholinergic dementia present, | Cholinergic dementia absent, | Sig. |
| Mean age at visit in years | 73.17 (S.D. = 12.32) | 69.79 (S.D. = 13.26) | | Mean onset age in years | 60.49 (S.D. = 11.58), | 50.96 (S.D. = 13.22) | | Gender (% female) | 48.15%, | 40.00%, | | Positive past smoking history | 43.92%, | 26.96%, | | Mean pack-years smoked | 52.53 (S.D. = 45.56) | 26.80 (S.D. = 18.94) | |
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