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Table 3 Mixed models for estimating cognitive changes according to whether patients had an experience of hospitalization with or without delirium

From: The effect of all-cause hospitalization on cognitive decline in older adults: a longitudinal study using databases of the National Health Insurance Service and the memory clinics of a self-run hospital

Models

Hospitalization without delirium

Hospitalization with delirium

β

SE

P value

β

SE

P value

Model Ia

0.9660

0.0480

< .001d

1.475

0.1486

< .001d

Model IIb

0.9664

0.0481

< .001d

1.476

0.1487

< .001d

Model IIIc

1.0128

0.0516

< .001d

1.507

0.1612

< .001d

  1. Abbreviations: APOE Apolipoprotein E, CDR-SB Clinical dementia rating-sum of boxes, SE Standard error
  2. aModel I: CDR-SB = hospitalization × time + hospitalization + time + sex + CDR-SB (baseline)
  3. bModel II: CDR-SB = Model I + APOEε4 + age + hypertension + diabetes
  4. cModel III: CDR-SB = Model II + education year + ischemic burden
  5. dStatistically significant difference between hospitalization with and without delirium