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Table 4 Multiple linear regression analyses of the relationship between cognition and mobility

From: Mobility and cognition at admission to the nursing home – a cross-sectional study

SPPB sum score (n = 486)
	Crude estimates			Adjusted estimates (Adj. R² = 0.197)
	B	95% CI	p	B	95% CI	p
Age	−0.10	−0.14, − 0.06	< 0.001	− 0.11	−0.14, − 0.07	< 0.001
Gender	− 0.04	−0.69, 0.61	0.90	0.14	−0.49, 0,77	0.65
Marital status^a	−0.18	−0.87, 0.51	0.61	−0.62	−1.30, 0.05	0.07
GMHR^b	2,80	2.22, 3.38	< 0,001	2.80	2.23, 3.38	< 0.001
CDR-SOB	−0.08	−0.16, − 0.004	0.04	− 0.09	−0.16, − 0.12	0.015
NHLSD (n = 576) - area
	Crude estimates			Adjusted estimates (Adj. R² = 0.12)
	B	95% CI	p	B	95% CI	p
Age	−0.47	−0.60, − 0.34	< 0.001	− 0.48	−0.62, − 0.34	< 0.001
Gender	0.40	−1.71, 2.51	0.71	0.25	−1.88, 2.38	0.82
Marital status^a	0.39	−1.82, 2.59	0.73	−1.48	−3.78, 0.83	0.21
GMHR^b	6.07	4.05, 8.09	< 0.001	6.04	4.07, 8.01	< 0.001
CDR-SOB	−0.09	−0.33, 0.15	0.45	−0.21	−0.44, 0.02	0.07
NHLSD (n = 576) - dependency
	Crude estimates			Adjusted estimates (Adj. R² = 0.14)
	B	95% CI	p	B	95% CI	p
Age	−0.75	−0.98, − 0.52	< 0.001	− 0.79	−1.03, − 0.54	< 0.001
Gender	2.63	−1.10, 6.36	0.17	3.33	−0.44, 7.10	0.08
Marital status^a	−0.26	−4.19, 3.66	0.90	−4.02	−8.10, 0.06	0.054
GMHR^b	12.36	8.79, 15.92	< 0.001	12.7	9.22, 16.20	< 0.001
CDR-SOB	−0.34	−0.76, 0.08	0.11	−0.53	−0.94, − 0.12	0.01

SPPB Short Physical performance Battery, CI Confidence Interval, GMHR General Medical Health Rating, NHLSD Nursing Home Life Space Diameter, CDR-SOB Clinical Dementia Rating sum of boxes
^aMarital status dichotomized into unmarried/divorced/widowed (0) vs. married/partner (1)
^bGMHR dichotomized into fair/poor (0) vs. excellent/good (1)

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