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. 2012 Jul 4;35(4):1433–1444. doi: 10.1007/s11357-012-9443-5

Table 3.

Association between history of cardiovascular disease at 85 years of age and (changes in) functional status from 85 through 90 years of age (n = 570)

Cross-sectional effecta Annual effect reference group Additional annual effecta
Minor CVD Major CVD Minor CVD Major CVD
B (SE) p value B (SE) p value B (SE) p value B (SE) p value B (SE) p value
MMSE −0.65 (0.69) 0.35 −2.8 (0.69) <0.001 −0.67 (0.045) <0.001 −0.19 (0.084) 0.023 −0.24 (0.085) 0.005
ADL disability 0.58 (0.71) 0.41 2.6 (0.72) 0.003 1.1 (0.066) <0.001 0.25 (0.12) 0.042 0.61 (0.13) <0.001
Cantril scale of well-being −0.021 (0.17) 0.90 0.24 (0.17) 0.15 −0.20 (0.021) <0.001 0.039 (0.041) 0.35 −0.045 (0.043) 0.29
Geriatric depression scale 0.060 (0.31) 0.85 0.033 (0.31) 0.92 0.30 (0.035) <0.001 −0.023 (0.069) 0.74 0.030 (0.070) 0.66

Associations were assessed by linear mixed models adjusted for sex. Scale: MMSE, 0–30 points; ADL disability, 9–36 points; Cantril, 0–10 points; GDS of depressive symptoms, 0–15 points

CVD cardiovascular disease

aReference group: group with no CVD at baseline