Table 2.
The association between emotional expressivity and dementia (n = 149)
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | |
| OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | |
| Variable | ||||
| High Emotional Expressivity (versus low)† | 1.65 (0.80–3.50) | 1.72 (0.79–3.90) | 1.74 (0.83–3.75) | 1.82 (0.82–4.18) |
| Age at Last Cognitive Assessment, y | 1.00 (0.93–1.08) | 1.04 (0.96–1.12) | 1.02 (0.94–1.10) | 1.05 (0.97–1.15) |
| Education (Master’s versus Bachelor’s Degree) | 0.93 (0.45–1.93) | 1.12 (0.51–2.51) | 0.99 (0.47–2.08) | 1.18 (0.53–2.67) |
| APOE ɛ4 (Presence versus Absence) | 3.04 (1.39–6.74) | 2.26 (0.95–5.37) | 2.97 (1.34–6.69) | 2.26 (0.94–5.45) |
| High Idea Density (versus low)‡ | 0.13 (0.05–0.34) | 0.14 (0.05–0.36) | ||
| High Grammatical Complexity (versus low)‡ | 0.41 (0.17–0.98) | 0.46 (0.18–1.23) |
†High:≥50th percentile ranking within convent; low:< 50th percentile ranking. ‡High: upper three quartiles; low: bottom quartile. APOE ɛ4, apolipoprotein E ɛ4 allele; CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio. Bolded values indicate statistical significance, p < 0.05.