TABLE 7.
Logistic regression analysis of measures in coherence, cohesion, proposition, and fluency in aMCI and healthy control participants.
| Measures | aMCI (%) | HC (%) | OR (95% CI) | p | R2 | AUC (95% CI) |
| Global coherence | 23/7 (76.7%) | 12/9 (57.1%) | 0.039 (0.004∼0.361) | 0.004 | 0.281 | 0.770 (0.643∼0.897) |
| Proportion of cohesive words | 23/7 (76.7%) | 16/5 (76.2%) | 0.717 (0.588∼0.875) | 0.001 | 0.339 | 0.843 (0.734∼0.952) |
| Propositional density | 25/5 (83.3%) | 16/5 (76.2%) | 0.882 (0.815∼0.954) | 0.002 | 0.325 | 0.821 (0.703∼0.938) |
| Proportion of dysfluencies | 25/5 (83.3%) | 14/7 (73.3%) | 1.162 (1.038∼1.300) | 0.009 | 0.238 | 0.752 (0.614∼0.891) |
| Proportion of pauses | 25/5 (83.3%) | 16/5 (76.2%) | 1.280 (1.101∼1.488) | 0.003 | 0.370 | 0.859 (0.748∼0.969) |
aMCI, amnestic mild cognitive impairment; HC, healthy control; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; AUC, area under the curve. R2, Cox & Snell R2. Controlling for age, education, and gender; reference value: female.