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Published in final edited form as: Res Gerontol Nurs. 2013 Sep 25;7(1):44–52. doi: 10.3928/19404921-20130918-01

TABLE 4.

Association of Specific NPS with Complex Dementia Diagnoses: AD Plus a Secondary Diagnosis

	Agitation/Aggression	Depression/Dysphoria	Anxiety	Irritability/ Lability
Secondary Dementia Type	OR_adj [95%CI]^a	OR_adj [95%CI]^a	OR_adj [95%CI]^a	OR_adj [95%CI]^a
No secondary diagnosis (ref)
DLB	1.26 [0.76, 2.07]	1.79 [1.11, 2.89]	1.88 [1.17, 3.02]	1.10 [0.67, 1.79]
VaD	0.64 [0.36, 1.15]	1.46 [0.84, 2.53]	0.75 [0.42, 1.33]	0.94 [0.53, 1.66]
p Value	0.21	0.03	0.02	0.91

Note. p value for the Wald test of the coefficient for association of secondary dementia diagnosis and specific neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS).

AD = Alzheimer's disease; OR = odds ratio; adj = adjusted; CI = confidence interval; ref = reference group; DLB = Lewy body dementia; VaD = vascular dementia.

Adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, educational level, living situation, marital status, and dementia severity.