Table 2 Characteristics of studied patients with Alzheimer’s disease
From: Genetic, clinical, and biochemical aspects of patients with Alzheimer disease
|  | n = 40 |
|---|---|
Residence | |
 Rural | 34 (85%) |
 Urban | 6 (15%) |
Occupation | |
 Working | 20 (50%) |
 Not working | 20 (50%) |
Type of work | |
 Mental work | 7 (17.5%) |
 Hand work | 33 (82.5%) |
Education level | |
 Illiterate | 25 (62.5%) |
 Low education | 8 (20%) |
 Middle education | 5 (12.5%) |
 High education | 2 (5%) |
Comorbidities | |
 Diabetes mellitus | 7 (17.5%) |
 Hypertension | 14 (35%) |
 Nothing | 19 (47.5%) |
 Smoking | 15 (37.5%) |
 Positive family history | 6 (15%) |
 First-degree relative | 5 (12.5%) |
 Second-degree relative | 1 (2.5%) |