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Table 8 Factors associated with endocrine, nutritional and metabolic 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

0.98 (0.93; 1.02)

0.302

1.07 (1.00; 1.14)

0.049

Males

0.75 (0.42; 1.32)

0.313

0.71 (0.40; 1.26)

0.241

Age

0.99 (0.96; 1.02)

0.588

0.96 (0.92; 0.99)

0.009

Education (≥10 years)

0.54 (0.29; 1.02)

0.056

0.62 (0.33; 1.18)

0.152

PSMS score

0.99 (0.95; 1.04)

0.770

0.94 (0.89; 1.00)

0.053

NPI Agitation subsyndrome

1.02 (0.99; 1.05)

0.334

1.04 (1.00; 1.07)

0.035

NPI Psychosis subsyndrome

0.99 (0.95; 1.04)

0.773

  

NPI Affective subsyndrome

1.01 (0.96; 1.06)

0.663

  

NPI Apathy

0.99 (0.92; 1.06)

0.663

  

Number of physical diagnoses

3.69 (2.82; 4.82)

< 0.001

3.90 (2.95; 5.15)

< 0.001

Duration in NH (LN)

1.07 (0.88; 1.30)

0.509

  

Type of NH unit

 Regular – ref.

1

  

 Special care

0.94 (0.53; 1.67)

0.828

  

 Rehabilitation

2.43 (0.55; 10.77)

0.237

  

 Other

2.00 (0.73; 5.5)

0.176

  
  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