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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 3.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Neurol. 2013 Jan;70(1):107–113. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2013.583

Table 3.

Odds of Dementia for 4 Physical Performance Tasks in Main and Secondary Analysesa

Main Analyses Secondary Analyses


Physical Performance Task No. Odds Ratio (95% CI) P Value No. Odds Ratio (95% CI) P Value
4-m Walk 629 751
  0 81 28.3 (11.5–70.1) <.001 126 29.7 (14.3–61.8) <.001
  1 120 12.2 (5.2–28.9) <.001 147 9.3 (4.7–18.4) <.001
  2 129 6.2 (2.6–14.9) <.001 149 4.1 (2.0–8.3) <.001
  3 151 4 (1.7–9.7) .002 165 2.8 (1.4–5.7) .004
  4 148 1 [Reference] 164 1 [Reference]
5 Chair stands 629 730
  0 202 15.9 (6.9–36.5) <.001 268 15.6 (7.7–31.7) <.001
  1 96 5.1 (2.1–12.7) <.001 107 4.2 (1.9–9.2) <.001
  2 111 2.4 (0.9–6.2) .07 116 1.9 (0.8–4.5) .12
  3 100 2.2 (0.8–5.9) .11 111 1.6 (0.7–3.8) .29
  4 120 1 [Reference] 128 1 [Reference]
Standing balance 629 739
  0 182 9.5 (4.4–20.4) <.001 247 14.2 (6.7–30.0) <.001
  1 93 3.7 (1.6–8.4) .002 107 5.2 (2.4–11.7) <.001
  2 81 2.1 (0.8–5.1) .11 89 2.4 (1.0–5.8) .04
  3 162 1.3 (0.6–3.1) .53 182 1.6 (0.7–3.5) .28
  4 111 1 [Reference] 114 1 [Reference]
Grip strength 629 661
  0 124 9.8 (4.5–21.5) <.001 134 8.1 (3.9–16.7) <.001
  1 114 7.6 (3.4–16.7) <.001 119 6.5 (3.1–13.5) <.001
  2 133 4.7 (2.1–10.3) <.001 138 4.1 (2.0–8.5) <.001
  3 124 2 (0.8–4.7) .13 131 1.8 (0.8–3.9) .17
  4 134 1 [Reference] 139 1 [Reference]
a

Odds of dementia and 95% CIs were estimated from logistic regression models adjusted for age and sex. Main analyses include participants with complete physical performance evaluations. Secondary analyses include additional participants with incomplete physical performance evaluations.