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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 4.

Estimated Odds Ratios and 95% Confidence Intervals for the Effect of Apathy on Impairment in Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (N=1136), ECA.

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 4.39(2.79–6.90)* 4.30(2.62–7.04)* 4.42(2.65–7.38)* 3.98(2.80–5.67)* 3.70(2.56–5.34)* 4.04(2.80–5.84)* 2.33(1.65–3.29)*
Age (years) --- 1.10(1.07–1.13)* 1.09(1.06–1.12)* --- 1.10(1.07–1.14)* 1.09(1.05–1.13)* 1.10(1.05–1.14)*
Female --- 0.90(0.54–1.53) 0.91(0.53–1.55) --- 1.02(0.611.70) 1.00(0.59–1.71)* 2.53(1.41– 4.54)*
Non-Whites --- 1.72(0.99–2.97) 0.89(0.72–1.09) --- 1.62(0.93–2.82) 1.54(0.87–2.73) 0.92(0.50–1.68)
<High School --- --- 2.03(0.75–5.47) --- --- 1.91(0.72–5.07) 0.78(0.35–1.75)
High School --- --- 1.01(0.36–2.83) --- --- 1.01(0.36–2.81) 0.76(0.35–1.64)
Depression --- --- 0.86(0.23–3.18) --- --- 0.74(0.20–2.80) 2.30(0.74–7.16)
*

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