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Table 3 Results of the cox model

From: Mortality in nursing home residents stratified according to subtype of dementia: a longitudinal study over three years

Covariates

Bivariate models

Multiple models

HR (95% CI)

p-value

HR (95% CI)

p-value

Dementia diagnosis

 No dementia

1.36 (1.07; 1.71)

0.011

1.44 (1.08; 1.92)

0.012

 AD

1

 

1

 

 VaD

0.85 (0.58; 1.25)

0.416

0.81 (0.55; 1.20)

0.293

 AD/VaD

0.97 (0.64; 1.47)

0.887

0.91 (0.60; 1.38)

0.648

 FTD

1.08 (0.79; 1.48)

0.639

1.18 (0.86; 1.62)

0.305

 DLB/PDD

0.92 (0.61; 1.39)

0.680

0.74 (0.49; 1.13)

0.168

 Unspecified dementia

1.79 (1.19; 2.70)

0.005

1.76 (1.17; 2.67)

0.007

Patient characteristics

 Age at admission

1.03 (1.02; 1.05)

<0.001

1.04 (1.03; 1.05)

<0.001

 Gender, male

1.24 (1.05; 1.47)

0.014

1.32 (1.10; 1.58)

0.003

 Lived alone before admission, no

1.12 (0.94; 1.34)

0.202

1.09 (0.90; 1.33)

0.360

Time dependent variables

 GMHR, good or excellent

0.64 (0.54; 0.76)

<0.001

0.80 (0.67; 0.96)

0.018

 PSMS

1.10 (1.08; 1.12)

<0.001

1.10 (1.08; 1.13)

<0.001

 NPI-AGI

1.00 (0.99; 1.01)

0.905

0.99 (0.97; 1.00)

0.056

 NPI- PSY

1.02 (1.00; 1.04)

0.142

1.02 (1.00; 1.04)

0.234

 NPI-AFF

1.02 (1.00; 1.03)

0.026

1.02 (1.00; 1.04)

0.022

 CDR-SoB

1.03 (1.01; 1.06)

0.002

1.00 (0.97; 1.03)

0.891

  1. HR Hazard ratio, CI Confidence interval, AD Alzheimer’s disease, VaD vascular dementia, FTD frontotemporal dementia, DLB dementia with Lewy bodies, PD Parkinson’s disease dementia, GMHR General medical health rating, PSMS Physical self-maintenance scale, NPI Neuropsychiatric inventory, NPI-AGI NPI sub-syndromes agitation/aggression, disinhibition and irritability, NPI-PSY NPI sub-syndromes delusions and hallucinations, NPI-AFF NPI sub-syndromes depression and anxiety, CDR-SoB Clinical dementia rating scale – sum of boxes, CI Confidence interval