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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2017 Feb 8;65(3):e64–e69. doi: 10.1111/jgs.14674

Table 3.

Cognitive Measures and Sex as Predictors of 6-month Mortality (Proportional Hazards models)

Measure HR 95% CI P
Men (vs. Women) 4.443 (1.946, 10.142) <0.001
Separate models by cognitive variables
3MS 0.977 (0.965, <0.001
Men (vs. Women) 3.995 (1.743, 9.155) 0.001
HVOT 0.939 (0.883, 0.998) 0.042
Men (vs. Women) 4.396 (1.660, 11.634) 0.003
Trails A 1.004 (0.999, 1.009) 0.082
Men (vs. Women) 3.682 (1.357, 9.990) 0.011
Trails B 1.007 (1.001, 1.014) 0.026
Men (vs. Women) 4.164 (1.389, 12.484) 0.011
Trails Difference (B-A) 1.004 (0.997, 1.011) 0.23
Men (vs. Women) 4.589 (1.534, 13.726) 0.006
Trails Ratio (B/A) 0.963 (0.695, 1.391) 0.92
Men (vs. Women) 4.585 (1.530, 13.746) 0.007
Multivariate Models (all cognitive measures combined)
3MS 0.936 (0.899, 0.975) 0.002
HVOT 1.045 (0.942, 1.160) 0.40
Trails A 1.002 (0.994, 1.011) 0.57
Trails B 1.002 (0.993, 1.010) 0.67
Men (vs. Women) 3.261 (1.053, 10.100) 0.040
Multivariate Models (all cognitive measures combined) with adjustment for delirium, dementia and comorbidity
3MS 0.945 (0.901, 0.991) 0.020
HVOT 1.044 (0.931, 1.172) 0.46
Trails A 1.003 (0.994, 1.011) 0.55
Trails B 1.001 (0.992, 1.010) 0.80
Men (vs. Women) 2.522 (0.758, 8.103) 0.12

Note: All models were tested for sex by cognition interactions, which were all n.s. (p>.10)