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Table 2 Multivariate Analysis of Slow Gait Speed at Baseline. At baseline, increasing age and poorer scores on the ADAS-Cog at baseline was associated with significantly greater likelihood of slow gait speed (dependent variable) at baseline. ADAS-Cog = Alzheimer Disease Assessment Scale – Cognitive Subsection; CDR-Sb: Clinical Dementia Rating, Sum of Boxes, BMI: Body Mass Index

From: Gait speed, cognition and falls in people living with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer disease: data from NILVAD

Characteristic

OR (95% CI)

P-Value

Age

1.10 (1.04–1.17)

< 0.001*

Gender

1.14 (0.47–2.75)

0.773

BMI

1.08 (0.99–1.16)

0.078

Group

1.00 (0.45–2.21)

0.996

Diagnosis Duration

0.88 (0.64–1.20)

0.417

Symptom Duration

0.94 (0.78–1.14)

0.541

Education (Years)

0.93 (0.83–1.04)

0.214

Total Medications

1.07 (0.91–1.25)

0.421

Antidepressant Use

1.53 (0.69–3.41)

0.298

Benzodiazepine Use

0.36 (0.07–1.60)

0.178

Total Comorbidities

1.10 (0.93–1.31)

0.270

Diabetes

0.96 (0.30–3.11)

0.951

Hypertension

1.76 (0.77–3.98)

0.179

Arthritis

0.86 (0.23–3.20)

0.820

Baseline ADAS-Cog

1.05 (1.01–1.09)

0.025*

Baseline CDR-Sb

1.19 (0.98–1.45)

0.081