Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the participants.

From: Association of gait and cognition after surgery in patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus

 

Total

IS group

PS group

p

Number of patients

50

30

20

(IS vs. PS)

Age (mean/SE)

76.2/0.7

76.2 /0.8

76.1/1.2

0.90

Sex, male (%)

56.0

36.7

85.0

< 0.01*

TUG time (mean/SE) (s)

30.7/5.2

34.0/43.9

25.1/6.1

0.38

MMSE total (mean/SE)

20.9/0.8

21.5/1.1

19.9/1.1

0.62

FAB total (mean/SE)

10.0/0.5

9.8 /0.6

10.4/0.9

0.31

Education (mean/SE) (years)

12.4 /0.5

12.2/0.6

12.8/0.2

0.56

  1. Except for sex, no parameters, including the mRS score, showed statistically significant differences between the IS and PS groups. IS immediate surgery, PS postponed surgery, p probability, q1 first quantile, q3 third quantile, FAB Frontal Assessment Battery, MMSE minimal state examination, mRS modified Rankin scale, TUG Timed Up and Go test; {}, numbers in the PS group at registration.
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