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Table 2 Multivariable logistic regression on the association between having ADs for health care and participants’ characteristicsa, b

From: Advance directives and power of attorney for health care in the oldest-old – results of the AgeQualiDe study

Characteristicc

df

Wald’s χ2

p value

OR

95%-CI

Educationd

 

 Medium vs. low

1

4.886

0.027

1.56

1.05–2.30

 High vs. low

1

1.999

0.157

1.47

0.86–2.50

MMSE score; every additional pointe

1

8.955

0.003

1.15

1.05–1.26

  1. CI confidence interval, df degree of freedom, MMSE Mini-Mental-State Examination, OR odds ratio
  2. amissing data for n = 23 (3.9%) of the 678 participants
  3. bbackward elimination; Nagelkerke’s R2 of the model =0.034
  4. cAge, gender, family status, living situation, subjectively perceived cognitive decline, self-rated health, depression, frailty, and basic and instrumental functional status were excluded from the model
  5. daccording to the new CASMIN educational classification [21]
  6. eThe higher the MMSE score, the better the cognition [18]