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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2019 Aug 1;67(11):2260–2266. doi: 10.1111/jgs.16083

Table 3.

Logistic regression model of delirium risk (N=132)

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4
OR (95% CI) p-value OR (95% CI) p-value OR (95% CI) p-value OR (95% CI) p-value
PA (days per week) 0.88 (0.75–1.02) 0.11 * * * * * *
Cognitive activities per weekb 0.92 (0.87–0.98) 0.01 * * * * * *
Regular PA a * * 0.26 (0.08–0.82) 0.02 0.35 (0.12–0.99) 0.05 0.33 (0.12–0.92) 0.03
Regular cognitive activitiesc * * 0.19 (0.04–0.89) 0.04 0.19 (0.04–0.88) 0.03 * *
Age 0.97 (0.91–1.03) 0.37 0.98 (0.92–1.04) 0.48 0.97 (0.91–1.04) 0.38 0.97 (0.92–1.03) 0.39
Female sex 0.78 (0.32–1.88) 0.58 0.67 (0.28–1.64) 0.39 0.68 (0.28–1.66) 0.40 0.67 (0.28–1.59) 0.37
MMSEd 0.68 (0.54–0.86) <0.01 0.64 (0.51–0.81) <0.01 0.66 (0.52–0.84) <0.01 0.62 (0.49–0.78) <0.01
CCI e 0.79 (0.53–1.19) 0.26 0.80 (0.53–1.20) 0.29 0.77 (0.51–1.16) 0.21 0.75 (0.50–1.12) 0.16

Model 1: Days per week of physical activity and number of cognitive activities per week as continuous variables

Model 2: Regular physical activity and cognitive activities are dichotomized: Regular PA defined as 6–7 days activity per week; Regular cognitive activities defined as 21 or more activities per week

Model 3: Regular PA defined as 5–7 days of PA per week

Model 4: Cognitive activities are removed from the model with minimal change in OR for regular PA

a

Regular Physical Activity defined as 6–7 days per week in Model 2 and defined as 5–7 days in Model 3

b

On a scale of 0–41 unit activities per week

c

Regular Cognitive Activity defined as 21 or more activities per week

d

Mini Mental Status Examination score, range from 0–30

e

Charlson Comorbidity Index

*

omitted from model