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Table 5 Factors associated with cardiovascular diagnoses

From: Physical diagnoses in nursing home residents - is dementia or severity of dementia of importance?

Variables

Unadjusted

Adjusted

OR (95% CI)

p-value

OR (95% CI)

p-value

CDR-SOB

0.92 (0.89; 0.95)

< 0.001

−0.05 (0.03)1

0.100

Males

1.64 (1.17; 2.28)

0.005

0.17 (0.62)1

0.783

Age

1.06 (1.03; 1.09)

< 0.001

1.07 (1.04; 1.11)

< 0.001

Education (≥10 years)

0.66 (0.46; 0.93)

0.019

0.66 (0.39; 1.14)

0.144

PSMS score

0.98 (0.96; 1.00)

0.094

  

NPI Agitation subsyndrome

0.96 (0.94; 0.98)

< 0.001

0.97 (0.94; 0.99)

0.023

NPI Psychosis subsyndrome

0.95 (0.93; 0.98)

0.001

  

NPI Affective subsyndrome

0.97 (0.94; 0.99)

0.014

  

NPI Apathy

0.93 (0.90; 0.97)

0.001

  

Number of physical diagnoses

8.41 (4.63; 15.28)

< 0.001

8.10 (4.56; 14.37)

< 0.001

Duration in NH (LN)

0.88 (0.79; 0.98)

0.022

0.84 (0.70; 1.02)

0.078

Type of NH unit

 Regular – ref.

1

  

 Special care

0.33 (0.21; 0.52)

< 0.001

  

 Rehabilitation

1.30 (0.59; 2.86)

0.516

  

 Other

0.88 (0.52; 1.48)

0.620

  

CDR-SOB x Females

  

0.07 (0.05)1

0.142

  1. Unadjusted and adjusted analyses using generalized linear mixed model
  2. CDR-SOB Clinical Dementia Rating - Sum of Boxes, PSMS Physical Self-Maintenance Scale, NPI Neuropsychiatric Inventory, NH Nursing Home, LN Natural Logarithm
  3. 1Regression coefficient (standard error) as the OR has no interpretation for interaction and variables included into interaction term