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Table 2 Association of anticholinergic burden score and chronic polypharmacy with abnormal Timed Up and Go test

From: Comparison of anticholinergic burden with chronic polypharmacy on functional decline and mortality in Korean older people: a retrospective nationwide cohort study

  

Total (n = 42,132)

Abnormal TUG (n = 15,667)

Crude OR (95% CI)

Model 1a aOR (95% CI)

Model 2b aOR (95% CI)

Model 3c aOR (95% CI)

KABS score

0

38,797 (92.1)

14,250 (91.0)

1

1

1

1

 

1–2

2,234 (5.3)

937 (6.0)

1.26 (1.15–1.37)

1.23 (1.13–1.35)

1.10 (0.94–1.28)

1.09 (0.93–1.27)

 

≥ 3

1,101 (2.6)

480 (3.1)

1.13 (1.03–1.24)

1.33 (1.17–1.50)

1.30 (1.05–1.62)

1.27 (1.02–1.58)

P for trend

  

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.009

0.020

Chronic polypharmacy

No

39,148 (96.0)

14,976 (95.6)

1

1

1

1

Yes

1,632 (4.0)

691 (4.4)

1.19 (1.07–1.31)

1.18 (1.06–1.30)

1.08 (0.91–1.29)

1.05 (0.88–1.25)

  1. KABS, Korean Anticholinergic Burden Scale; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; aOR, adjusted odds ratio; TUG, Timed Up and Go test
  2. aModel 1 was adjusted for sex, body mass index, and income
  3. bModel 2 was adjusted for sex, body mass index, income, smoking status, alcohol consumption, and physical activity
  4. cModel 3 was adjusted for sex, body mass index, income, smoking status, alcohol consumption, physical activity, depressive mood, cognitive impairment, activities of daily living, and falls