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Table 1 Baseline characteristics, NH placement and death of participants in the Danish Alzheimer Intervention StudY (DAISY)

From: Poor self-rated health did not increase risk of permanent nursing placement or mortality in people with mild Alzheimer’s disease

		Self-rated health
		good (n = 212)		poor (n = 109)
		n	%	N	%	χ²	DF	P-value	Missing
Nursing home placement^a	No	147	69.7	81	76.4	1.59	1	0.21	4
	Yes	64	30.3	25	23.6
Death^a	No	180	84.9	88	80.7	0.91	1	0.34	0
	Yes	32	15.1	22	19.3
Sex	Women	107	50.5	69	63.3	4.79	1	0.03	0
	Men	105	49.5	40	36.7
Age	50-74 years	82	38.7	38	34.9	0.45	1	0.50	0
	≥75 years	130	61.3	71	65.1
Diagnosis	AD	160	75.5	79	72.5	0.34	1	0.56	0
	Mixed AD/VaD^b	52	24.5	30	27.5
Living alone	No	149	70.3	74	67.9	0.19	1	0.66	0
	Yes	63	29.7	35	32.1
Education	≥3 years	99	46.7	35	32.1	6.30	1	0.01	0
	<3 years	113	53.3	74	67.9
Social participation	High	103	51.8	58	57.4	0.87	1	0.35	21
	Low	96	48.2	43	42.6
Comorbidity scale^c	0	86	40.6	51	46.8	2.42	2	0.30	0
	1	93	43.9	38	34.9
	≥2	33	15.6	20	18.4
Depression scale^d	Not depressed	155	73.1	62	56.9	8.66	1	0.003	0
	Depressed	57	26.9	47	43.1
QOL-AD	30-52 (high)	164	77.4	80	73.4	0.62	1	0.43	2
	13-29	48	22.6	29	26.6
ADCS-ADL	60-78 (high)	130	61.3	71	65.1	0.45	1	0.50	0
	0-59	82	38.7	38	34.9
MMSE	27-30 (high)	36	17.0	25	22.9	2.24	2	0.33	0
	24-26	79	37.3	42	38.5
	20-23	97	45.8	42	38.5
Insight (anosognosia)	Full	59	27.3	37	34.3	13.93		0.0009	1
	Shallow	120	56.6	69	63.9
	None	33	15.6	2	1.8
Randomization group	Control	106	50.0	59	54.1	0.49	1	0.48	0
	Intervention	106	50.0	50	45.9

^aIncidence within 36-monts’ follow-up
^bMixed AD and vascular dementia
^cCharlson’s comorbidity index calculated on hospitalization diagnosis up to three months before baseline
^dThe Cornell scale for Depression in Dementia, Depressed = (Cornell > =6)

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