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Table 4 Mixed models for estimating cognitive changes according to whether patients had an experience of hospitalization with or without surgery

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 surgery

Hospitalization with surgery

β

SE

P value

β

SE

P value

Model Ia

1.1485

0.0603

< .001d

0.8376

0.0691

< .001d

Model IIb

1.1490

0.0604

< .001d

0.8378

0.0691

< .001d

Model IIIc

1.2050

0.0647

< .001d

0.8634

0.0743

< .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 surgery