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. 2020 Feb 2;10(2):78. doi: 10.3390/brainsci10020078

Table 2.

Baseline predictors of change in NPI total and NPI carer distress total using mixed-effects modelling.

PD Control
β SE t-value p-value β SE t-value p-value
NPI total
Basic model
 Sex (Male) 1.2 1.3 1.0 0.329 −0.8 1.0 −0.847 0.399
 Age −0.1 0.1 −1.6 0.105 0.1 0.1 0.940 0.350
 Time 0.4 0.4 0.9 0.390 0.6 0.5 1.193 0.235
Basic model + MDS-UPDRS III
 MDS-UPDRS III 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.563
 MDS-UPDRS III × Time 0.1 0.0 2.0 0.044
Basic model + MoCA
 MoCA −0.4 0.2 −1.8 0.075 0.0 147.6 0.1 0.900
 MoCA × Time −0.1 0.1 −0.7 0.457 −0.5 126.3 −1.9 0.057
NPI carer distress total
Basic model
 Sex (Male) 0.8 0.6 1.3 0.206 0.1 0.5 0.124 0.901
 Age 0.0 0.0 −0.3 0.791 0.0 0.0 0.525 0.601
 Time 0.3 0.3 1.0 0.404 0.3 0.3 1.119 0.265
Basic model + MDS-UPDRS III
 MDS-UPDRS III 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.957
 MDS-UPDRS III × Time 0.1 0.0 3.1 0.002
Basic model + MoCA
 MoCA −0.3 0.1 −2.7 0.007 0.0 147.8 −0.2 0.865
 MoCA × Time 0.0 0.1 −0.8 0.432 −0.2 127.2 −1.9 0.065

Basic model includes age, sex and time as covariates. Figures highlighted in bold indicate significant results after Benjamini–Hochberg procedure. Abbreviations: MoCA = Montreal Cognitive Assessment, MDS-UPDRS III = Movement Disorder Society Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale part III.