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. 2017 Apr 4;7:45926. doi: 10.1038/srep45926

Table 4. Multivariate analysis for the predictors of the 7 cognitive performance tests at 3 months (stepwise method).

Predictors STROOP
R2 Unstandardized Beta 95% CI P value
25 (OH)D (Sufficient Y/N) 0.26 2.06 −3.05: 7.17 0.42
Anxiety score 7.44 11.46:3.42 <0.0001
Age 0.24 0.45:0.02 <0.0001
SDMT
25 (OH)D (Sufficient Y/N) 0.39 −5.79 −12.52: 0.94 0.09
Education: college 14.54 6.18: 22.90 0.001
Age 0.35 0.65:0.05 0.02
Alcohol 7.92 0.51: 15.32 0.04
BVMT T1
25 (OH)D (Sufficient Y/N) 0.21 0.01 −1.43: 1.45 0.99
Alcohol 1.83 0.26: 3.41 0.02
EDSS 0.99 1.85:0.14 0.02
BVMT T2
25 (OH)D (Sufficient Y/N) 0.27 1.69 3.18:0.20 0.03
Score leisure activities 4.90 1.89: 7.92 0.002
Age 0.10 0.17:0.04 0.002
BVMT T3
25 (OH)D (Sufficient Y/N) 0.23 −0.73 −2.15: 0.69 0.31
Age 0.14 0.20:0.09 <0.0001
BVMT-Total Score
25 (OH)D (Sufficient Y/N) 0.48 −0.17 −4.57: 4.22 .936
EDSS −2.55 −5.01:−0.093 0.042
Education: College 4.377 0.658: 8.09  
Score leisure activities 9.36 1.09: 17.637 0.022
Alcohol 4.78 0.63: 9.49 0.047
MOCA
25 (OH)D (Sufficient Y/N) 0.31 −0.71 −2.22: 0.81 0.36
Education: College 3.90 2.05: 5.76  < 0.0001
EDSS 0.91 1.79:0.03 0.04

Variables entered in all models are: 25 (OH)D (Sufficient Y/N), Disease duration, EDSS, Age, Education: college, Education: high school, Physical activity, smoking, alcohol, score leisure activities, Anxiety score at baseline, Depression score at baseline, Total Hopkins score at baseline. Abbreviations: MoCA = Montreal Cognitive Assessment; SDMT = Symbol Digit Modalities Test; BVMT-R = Brief Visuospatial Memory test.