Table 9.4patient ages

StudyMean age and range (years)StudyMean age and range (years)
Andrew 200578.5 (64 to 93)Leslie 200580 (73.5 to 86.5)±
Balas 200975.4 (69.1 81.7) ±Levkoff 199281.4 (73.7 to 89.1)±
Bourdel-Marchasson 200485 (78.4 to 92.4)±Lin 200473.6 (70.5 to 77.4)±
Dolan 200082 (72.6 to 90.1)±Lin 200876 (64 to 85.5)
Drame 200885 (75 to 103)McAvay 200680 (70 to 99)
Ely 200455 (37 to 73)±Marcantonio 200079 (71 to 87)±
Francis 199278 (72.1 to 85.0)±O’Keeffe 199782 (76 to 88)±
Holmes 200082.1 (65 to 99)Rudolph 200869 (62.9 to 76.3)±
Inouye 199878.9 (72 to 85.8)±Thomason 200552.5 (32 to 74)±

(±) indicates that range was calculated from the mean ± 1 standard deviation

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