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. 2014 Dec 10;4(3):481–493. doi: 10.1159/000368189

Table 2.

Combined prediction of subsequent all-cause dementia and AD by depressive symptoms, activity variables, and social support entered into covariate-unadjusted and -adjusted models

Model 1 (not adjusted for covariates)
Model 2 (adjusted for age, sex, education, ApoE4, MMSE, and IADL)
all-cause dementia
AD
all-cause dementia
AD
HR 95% CI HR 95% CI HR 95% CI HR 95% CI
Depressive symptoms, activities, and social support (combined prediction)
 GDS-15 1.08** 1.02 – 1.14 1.07 0.999 – 1.14 1.07* 1.01 – 1.13 1.05 0.98 – 1.13
 Global activities 0.21*** 0.14 – 0.31 0.19*** 0.12 – 0.29 0.37*** 0.25 – 0.57 0.33*** 0.20 – 0.55
 K-14 1.83 0.82 – 4.08 1.58 0.62 – 4.07 1.94 0.80 – 4.69 1.61 0.57 – 4.57

Depressive symptoms, activity domains, and social support factors (combined prediction)
 GDS-15 1.08** 1.02 – 1.14 1.06 0.995 – 1.14 1.07* 1.00 – 1.13 1.05 0.98 – 1.14
 Social engagement 0.97 0.77 – 1.21 0.94 0.71 – 1.25 0.94 0.73 – 1.21 0.91 0.67 – 1.23
 Cognitive activities 0.51*** 0.39 – 0.67 0.46*** 0.34 – 0.64 0.70* 0.52 – 0.93 0.65* 0.45 – 0.92
 Physical activities 0.49*** 0.38 – 0.63 0.49*** 0.36 – 0.66 0.62*** 0.47 – 0.80 0.59** 0.43 – 0.82
 K-14 factor 1 1.80 0.71 – 4.54 1.25 0.43 – 3.66 1.02 0.39 – 2.66 0.54 0.19 – 1.55
 K-14 factor 2 1.66 0.71 – 3.90 2.28 0.79 – 6.56 2.34 0.91 – 6.02 3.57* 1.12 – 11.44
 K-14 factor 3 0.76 0.47 – 1.22 0.75 0.43 – 1.33 0.92 0.56 – 1.52 1.02 0.55 – 1.87

Factor 1 = Emotional support; factor 2 = practical support; factor 3 = social integration.

*

p < 0.05

**

p < 0.01

***

p < 0.001.