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. 2024 Mar 14;19(3):e0298686. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0298686

Table 3. Meta-regression and sensitivity analysis of studies using the Mini-Cog to detect dementia.

Sensitivity Diagnostic Odds Ratio
(Log scale)
Specificity
Co-variate
(Number of studies)
Point Estimate
(95% CI)
Coefficient (SE) p-value Point Estimate
(95% CI)
Coefficient (SE) p-
value
Point Estimate
(95% CI)
Coefficient (SE) p-
value
Age (6) 0.773 (0.648–0.863) -0.083
(0.032)
0.008 2.58 (1.7–3.5) -0.066
(0.070)
0.346 0.791
(0.704–0.858)
0.044 (0.066) 0.502
Female gender (6) 0.773 (0.648–0.863) 0.001 (0.002) 0.651 2.58 (1.7–3.5) 0.000 (0.002) 0.995 0.791
(0.704–0.858)
0.001
(0.001)
0.563
Sample Size (6)
0.773 (0.648–0.863) 0.001 (<0.001) 0.099 2.58 (1.7–3.5) 0.001 (0.001) 0.241 0.791
(0.704–0.858)
-0.000
(<0.001)
0.995