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. 2023 Nov 21;15(6):2697–2709. doi: 10.14336/AD.2023.1115-1

Table 2.

Association of subtypes in intrinsic capacity decline and age-related outcomes.

4-year 8-year
aOR/aHR 95% CI P-value aOR/aHR 95% CI P-value
Decline in ADL
Robust with mild decline ref - - ref - -
Hearing loss with cognitive decline 1.21 0.75-1.95 0.45 1.80 1.08-3.02 0.03
PCD with depression 2.61 1.81-3.75 <0.01 2.08 1.36-3.20 <0.01
Severe IC decline 2.26 1.46-3.47 <0.01 4.55 2.63-7.88 <0.01
Decline in IADL
Robust with mild decline ref - - ref - -
Hearing loss with cognitive decline 1.95 1.30-2.93 <0.01 2.23 1.31-3.79 <0.01
PCD with depression 1.86 1.34-2.58 <0.01 3.44 2.14-5.54 <0.01
Severe IC decline 2.26 1.47-3.47 <0.01 3.52 1.85-6.72 <0.01
Reduced mobility performance
Robust with mild decline ref - - ref - -
Hearing loss with cognitive decline 1.70 1.12-2.58 0.01 1.70 1.02-2.85 0.04
PCD with depression 1.74 1.22-2.48 <0.01 2.04 1.31-3.18 <0.01
Severe IC decline 1.87 1.22-2.87 <0.01 2.30 1.30-4.07 <0.01
Cognitive decline
Robust with mild decline ref - - ref - -
Hearing loss with cognitive decline 1.21 0.80-1.83 0.36 1.39 0.84-2.29 0.20
PCD with depression 1.19 0.86-1.65 0.39 1.45 0.96-2.18 0.08
Severe IC decline 2.04 1.31-3.17 <0.01 1.94 1.07-3.50 0.03
Fall
Robust with mild decline ref - - ref - -
Hearing loss with cognitive decline 1.00 0.65-1.53 0.99 1.09 0.66-1.79 0.75
PCD with depression 1.63 1.18-2.25 <0.01 0.90 0.60-1.36 0.62
Severe IC decline 1.42 0.97-2.08 0.07 1.12 0.66-1.90 0.67
Reduced quality of life
Robust with mild decline ref - - ref - -
Hearing loss with cognitive decline 2.53 1.66-3.87 <0.01 3.46 2.01-5.96 <0.01
PCD with depression 1.63 1.16-2.29 <0.01 1.94 1.25-3.02 <0.01
Severe IC decline 2.14 1.42-3.23 <0.01 5.45 3.00-9.91 <0.01
Mortality
Robust with mild decline ref - - ref - -
Hearing loss with cognitive decline 1.30 0.90-1.88 0.16 1.01 0.80-1.28 0.93
PCD with depression 1.67 1.22-2.29 <0.01 1.58 1.31-1.91 <0.01
Severe IC decline 2.36 1.70-3.28 <0.01 1.98 1.61-2.44 <0.01

ADL, activities of daily living; IADL, instrumental activities of daily living; PCD, physio-cognitive decline; OR, odds ratio; HR, hazards ratio; CI, confidence interval OR for decline in ADL, decline in IADL, reduced mobility performance, cognitive decline, fall, reduced quality of life; HR for mortality. Adjust for age, sex, education, smoking, alcohol use, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, heart disease, stroke, cancer, COPD or asthma, arthritis, gastric ulcer, hepatobiliary disease, cataract, chronic kidney disease, multimorbidity, and baseline assessment (except for mortality and fall).