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Table 4 Univariate and multivariate analysis of MMSE (log) predictors

From: Effects of kidney function, serum albumin and hemoglobin on dementia severity in the oldest old people with newly diagnosed Alzheimer’s disease in a residential aged care facility: a cross-sectional study

 

Simple linear regression

Multiple linear regression

 

B

Beta(β)

P-value

B

Beta(β)

P-value

Age

−0.01

−0.09

0.465

   

Gender (F vs M)

−0.0004

0.00

0.998

   

Education (> 6 vs ≦6 years)

−0.05

− 0.06

0.637

   

Number of medications

−0.01

−0.07

0.593

   

Number of comorbidities

0.05

0.17

0.159

   

Hypertension

0.35

0.39

0.001**

0.26

0.30

0.017*

Cardiovascular disease

0.03

0.03

0.801

   

Diabetes mellitus

−0.15

−0.14

0.255

   

Cerebral vascular disease

0.34

0.27

0.022*

0.15

0.12

0.350

ADL

0.00

0.12

0.327

   

Creatinine (mg/dL)

−0.21

−0.22

0.078

   

eGFR (mL/min/1.73m2)

0.01

0.32

0.009**

0.003

0.14

0.285

Cholesterol (mg/dL)

−0.002

−0.25

0.044*

   

Albumin (g/dL)

−0.02

− 0.30

0.028*

− 0.03

−0.34

0.008**

Hemoglobin (g/dL)

0.08

0.33

0.006**

0.07

0.29

0.019*

  1. Multiple linear regression (Stepwise). *P-value < 0.05, **P-value < 0.01
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