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Table 3 Annualised cost (EUR) of health care utilisation by Subjective Memory Complaints (SMC) and participant characteristics

From: Association between subjective memory complaints and health care utilisation: a three-year follow up

		SMC
		No (n = 581)			Yes (n = 177)
		Median	IQR		Median	IQR		Sign.¹
Total cost (EUR)		838	192	3389	1577	597	9894	***²
MMSE	≥24	831	192	3209	1457	548	7620	**
	< 24	4572	183	13033	9888	2597	22082
Age	60 - 74	566	178	2170	993	274	1659
	75 - 84	1143	226	4438	3321	1076	14743	***
	85+	3277	494	24366	14609	1713	27545
Sex	male	1036	202	3637	1190	322	3302
	female	794	187	3360	2187	733	13738
Living without partner	no	815	154	2601	1225	541	4135
	yes	842	219	3931	2125	695	14770
Education	< 8 years	944	185	4151	2998	528	17280	*
	> 8 years	831	197	2750	1383	612	6291
Home care	no	660	182	2551	1069	307	2998	***
	yes	2642	682	9065	14609	3329	23801
Mobility	no problems	613	163	2327	1177	280	4985	***
	some problems	1778	313	8509	2883	958	14770
Self-care	no problems	832	192	3294	1431	548	6755	**
	some problems	2027	288	8896	13416	2788	20493
Usual activities	no problems	605	163	2380	1194	301	4160
	some problems	1891	433	6497	2556	767	13791
	severe problems	1531	178	14788	3615	3248	23152	***
Pain/discomfort	no	594	133	2227	1811	695	14609
	moderate	1063	222	4266	1510	543	6161
	extreme	1877	324	6137	2669	1050	12867
Anxiety/depression	no	794	187	3182	1494	548	8905
	moderate	1036	226	3595	1577	682	9894
	extreme	13606	887	17944	12512	7620	30547

*significant at 5% level ** significant at 1% level *** significant at 0.1% level
¹Significance of the regression parameter of the corresponding participant characteristic in a linear regression on total cost, adjusted for SMC
²Wilcoxon non-parametric test

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