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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 30.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2008 Dec 10;57(2):304–308. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02096.x

Table 3.

Correlates of Cognitive Impairment Based on MoCA Score <26

Variable Odds Ratio (95% Confidence
Interval) P-Value
Univariate Analyses Multivariate Analysis
Age* 1.75 (1.36–2.25) <.001 1.60 (1.24–2.07) <.001
Sex 4.65 (1.81–11.95) .001 3.77 (1.21–11.73) .02
Education 0.87 (0.77–0.98) .02 0.85 (0.74–0.98) .03
Hoehn and Yahr 3.13 (1.46–6.71) .003 2.58 (1.03–6.50) .04
Unified Parkinson’s
Disease Rating Scale§
1.07 (1.02–1.11) .006
Marital status 1.78 (0.68–4.63) .24
Dopamine agonist use 0.52 (0.24–1.16) .11
Geriatric Depression
Scale score
0.96 (0.86–1.06) .40
Levodopa dosage 1.06 (0.95–1.17) .31
Deep brain stimulation 0.80 (0.29–2.16) .65
Duration of Parkinson’s
disease
0.99 (0.93–1.05) .76
*

Odds ratios for age calculated for 5-year increments.

Significant after Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons.

Hoehn and Yahr stage included as measure of disease severity.

§

N = 98.

Odds ratio for levodopa dosage calculated for 100-mg increments.