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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int Psychogeriatr. 2010 May 18;22(5):819–829. doi: 10.1017/S1041610209991402

Table 3.

Estimated Odds Ratios and 95% Confidence Intervals for the Effect of Apathy on Cognitive Decline at 1-Year and 13- Year Follow-up in the ECA Data (N=1136).

I. Logistic Regression II. General Estimating Equations §

Variables Model 1
OR(95% CI)
Model 2
OR(95% CI)
Model 3
OR(95% CI)
Model 1
OR(95% CI)
Model 2
OR(95% CI)
Model 3
OR(95% CI)
Model 4
OR(95% CI)
Apathy 1.73 (1.15–2.60)* 1.61 (1.05–2.46)* 1.65 (1.06–2.60)* 1.21 (0.94–1.55) 1.12 (0.86–1.45) 1.01 (0.77–1.33) 1.04(0.76–1.44)
Age (years) --- 1.06 (1.04–1.09)* 1.06 (1.03–1.08)* --- 1.04 (1.02–1.06)* 1.04 (1.01–1.06)* 1.09(1.05–1.12)*
Female --- 1.06 (0.70–1.61) 1.06 (0.70–1.61) --- 1.10 (0.79–1.53) 1.06 (0.76–1.50) 0.75(0.49–1.14)
Non-Whites --- 2.29 (1.50–3.51) 2.29 (1.50–3.51)* --- 1.80 (1.27–2.57)* 1.76 (1.23–2.52)* 2.62 (1.63–4.21)*
<High School --- --- 2.22 (1.01–4.87)* --- --- 1.64 (0.93–2.90) 1.75(0.88–3.50)
High School --- --- 1.28 (0.57–2.87) --- --- 1.27 (0.72–2.25) 1.32(0.68–2.57)
Depression --- --- 0.71 (0.20–2.50) --- --- 1.63 (0.66–4.03) 0.98(0.72–1.33)
IADL disability --- --- 0.85 (0.32–2.24) --- --- 1.11 (0.76–1.62) 1.37(0.86–2.20)
ADL disability --- --- 0.94 (0.50–1.77) --- --- 1.38 (0.83–2.28) 0.83(0.46–1.51)
*

p-value < 0.05

OR: Odds Ratio; CI: Confidence Interval

Used 13 year follow-up data

§

used repeated measures for apathy, IADL, ADL, and depression (except for Model 3, where depression was only measured at Wave 2)