Table 1: Gender differences in demographic and NPI scores of AD patients.
| Male Group (n = 27) | Female Group (n = 49) | t | p | |
| Age (year) | 74.44 ± 9.88 | 75.06 ± 9.70 | -0.264 | 0.793 |
| Education (year) | 8.26 ± 4.95 | 6.47 ± 4.69 | 1.549 | 0.126 |
| Course (month) | 51.27 ± 31.77 | 40.93 ± 25.36 | 1.433 | 0.157 |
| Delusion | 1.85 ± 4.11 | 4.35 ± 4.77 | -2.389 | 0.020* |
| Hallucination | 2.19 ± 3.53 | 2.92 ± 4.21 | -0.767 | 0.445 |
| Agitation/Aggression | 5.89 ± 4.62 | 3.94 ± 4.22 | 1.866 | 0.066 |
| Depression/Dysphoria | 1.52 ± 3.06 | 2.02 ± 3.26 | -0.657 | 0.513 |
| Anxiety | 0.93 ± 1.94 | 2.43 ± 4.01 | -2.197 | 0.031* |
| Euphoria/Elation | 0 | 0.67 ± 2.39 | -1.97 | 0.055 |
| Apathy/Indifference | 4.70 ± 4.00 | 3.33 ± 3.83 | 1.478 | 0.144 |
| Disinhibition | 0.63 ± 2.06 | 0.90 ± 2.48 | -0.479 | 0.634 |
| Irritability/Lability | 5.19 ± 4.61 | 4.73 ± 4.32 | 0.425 | 0.672 |
| Aberrant motor behavior | 4.52 ± 5.09 | 3.67 ± 4.10 | 0.741 | 0.463 |
| Sleep/Night time behavior | 3.07 ± 4.09 | 5.27 ± 3.66 | -2.396 | 0.019* |
| Appetite/Eating change | 0.74 ± 1.91 | 0.59 ± 1.63 | 0.358 | 0.721 |
| NPI total score | 33.23 ± 14.95 | 34.90 ± 17.71 | -0.409 | 0.684 |
Notes: *p-value indicates significant within the two study groups (Independent-samples t- test); *p < 0.05; Abbreviation: NPI: Neuropsychiatric Inventory.