Table1 Clinical characteristics of patients.

From: Improvement in the long-term care burden after surgical treatment of patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: a supplementary study

 

SIN2

Present study

p

Immediate group

Postponed group

p

Cases

83

69

 

37

32

 

Age (mean ± SD)

76.4 ± 4.7

76.1 ± 4.9

NS

76.2 ± 5.2

76.0 ± 5.2

NS

Sex (male %)

54.2

55.1

NS

37.8

75.0

< 0.05*

Onset: gait (%)

78.3

75.4

NS

67.6

83.9

NS

Onset: cognition (%)

44.6

49.3

NS

54.0

48.4

NS

Onset: urination (%)

25.3

29.0

NS

27.0

29.0

NS

mRS (≥ G3) (%)

62.7

58.0

NS

54.1

62.5

NS

GS gait (≥ G3) (%)

47.0

46.4

NS

45.9

46.9

NS

GS cognition (≥ G3) (%)

47.0

50.7

NS

48.6

53.1

NS

GS urination (≥ G3) (%)

28.9

27.5

NS

18.9

37.5

< 0.001*

  1. G grade, GS iNPH grading scale, NS statistically not significant, p probability, SD standard deviation.
  2. *Statistically significant.