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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Dec 6.
Published in final edited form as: J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2010 Jul 8;16(5):761–770. doi: 10.1017/S1355617710000561

Table 4.

Baseline measures associated with worsening from CDR=0 at baseline to CDR=0.5 at followup. Logistic Regression Models based on participants with CDR=0 at baseline:

Univariable model (adjusted for age, gender, and education) Stepwise multivariable model*

Variable OR 95% CI for OR P value OR 95% CI for OR P value
Age 75–84 -- -- -- -- 1.30 0.68 2.48 0.4213
Age ≥85 -- -- -- -- 1.28 0.58 2.81 0.5456
Female -- -- -- -- 1.62 0.95 2.77 0.0788
Education ≥high school†† -- -- -- -- 1.39 0.67 2.92 0.3801
MMSE 0.76 0.67 0.86 <.0001 0.86 0.75 0.97 0.0177
WRAT-3 Reading 0.97 0.93 1.02 0.2869 -- -- -- --
Digit Span Forward 0.87 0.69 1.09 0.2203 -- -- -- --
Category Fluency 0.89 0.84 0.95 0.0002 -- -- -- --
Letter Fluency 0.93 0.88 0.99 0.0244 -- -- -- --
Boston Naming Test 0.91 0.87 0.95 <.0001 -- -- -- --
I.U. Token Test 0.77 0.66 0.89 0.0005 -- -- -- --
Block Design 0.97 0.94 0.99 0.0185 -- -- -- --
WMS-R Visual Reproduction (Immediate) 0.93 0.90 0.97 <.0001 -- -- -- --
WMS-R Visual Reproduction (Delayed) 0.91 0.88 0.94 <.0001 0.93 0.90 0.96 <.0001
WMS-R Logical Memory (Immediate) 0.93 0.89 0.97 0.0002 -- -- -- --
WMS-R Logical Memory (Delayed) 0.92 0.89 0.96 <.0001 -- -- -- --
OME sum of 3 trials 0.87 0.82 0.93 <.0001 -- -- -- --
SIT “Bag B” Recall 0.70 0.61 0.81 <.0001 0.84 0.72 0.98 0.0266
Clock Drawing 0.91 0.77 1.06 0.2246 -- -- -- --
Trail Making Test A 1.02 1.01 1.03 0.0020 -- -- -- --
Trail Making Test B 1.01 1.01 1.02 <.0001 1.01 1.00 1.01 0.0908
*

During the stepwise procedure, age, gender, and education were always included. Area under the ROC curve = 0.78 in final stepwise multivariable model.

The two older groups each compared to the 65–74 group (the reference group).

††

≥ High school education cCompared to < high school education (the reference group).