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Table 2 Association between intergenerational relationships and cognitive impairment with cut-off value 24 for MMSE scores

From: Association of intergenerational relationships with cognitive impairment among Chinese adults 80 years of age or older: prospective cohort study

 

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Crude HR (95% CI)

P value

HR (95% CI)

P value

HR (95% CI)

P value

Main financial support

 

 < 0.001

 

 < 0.001

 

< 0.001

 No

1 Reference

 

1 Reference

 

1 Reference

 

 Yes

3.00 (2.77, 3.24)

 

2.55 (2.35, 2.77)

 

2.50 (2.31, 2.72)

 

Living or being visited

 

0.278

 

0.807

 

0.793

 No

1 Reference

 

1 Reference

 

1 Reference

 

 Yes

1.06 (0.96, 1.17)

 

1.01 (0.91, 1.13)

 

1.01 (0.91, 1.13)

 

Housework or childcare

 

0.001

 

 < 0.001

 

< 0.001

 No

1 Reference

 

1 Reference

 

1 Reference

 

 Yes

0.90 (0.84, 0.96)

 

0.86 (0.81, 0.92)

 

0.89 (0.83, 0.95)

 
  1. Abbreviations: HR Hazard ratio, CI Confidence interval
  2. Model 2 were adjusted for age, gender, residence, marital status and education
  3. Model 3 were further adjusted for smoking, drinking status, exercise, ADL disability, BMI, comorbidity and baseline Chinese MMSE scores
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