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. 2015 Apr 11;15:45. doi: 10.1186/s12877-015-0033-0

Table 2.

Adjusted linear mixed models taking MNA values for every follow-up period as response

Fixed effects Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 5
Intercept 24.5 25.8 25.7 25.6 26.3
(23.4; 25.2) (24.6; 26.6) (24.5; 26.4) (24.4; 26.4) (25.2; 27.2)
Follow-up period −0.21 −0.22 −0.22 −0.21 −0.24
(−0.41; 0.42) (−0.52; 0.38) (−0.54; 0.34) (−0.50; 0.40) (−0.56; 0.31)
Intervention group 0.61 0.63 0.47 0.64 0.52
(−0.51; 2.03) (−0.48; 2.01) (−0.64; 1.82) (−0.46; 2.04) (−0.57; 1.86)
Follow-up period*Intervention group −0.21 −0.19 −0.19 −0.21 −0.18
(−0.96; 0.26) (−0.89; 0.32) (−0.88; 0.32) (−0.92; 0.29) (−0.85; 0.34)
Female -- −1.18 −0.69 −0.80 −0.77
(−1.70; −0.56) (−1.22; −0.13) (−1.31; −0.17) (−1.29; −0.18)
Co-morbidity|| -- −1.42 -- -- −0.83
(−2.02; −0.87) (−1.42; −0.21)
Cognition impairment§, -- -- −2.5 -- −2.26
(−3.11; 1.89) (−2.83; −1.63)
Polifarmacy£ -- -- -- −1.18 −0.70
(−1.84; −0.72) (−1.34; −0.22)
Random effects 1.23 1.13 1.02 1.13 0.93
(0.89; 1.54) (0.76; 1.47) (0.58; 1.39) (0.75; 1.46) (0.43; 1.33)

Adjusted co-variables are at baseline period. Beta coefficients with 95% confidence interval for every model are shown.

|| Co-morbidity by Charlson Index (0–37) 2; § Cognitive impairment : Spanish version of the Mini-Mental State Examination < 24/35; Polifarmacy £ : ≥ 4 chronic drugs from medical records.