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. 2018 Oct 9;60(3):548–557. doi: 10.1093/geront/gny122

Table 3.

Reducing Disability in Alzheimer’s Disease-NorthWest Intervention Effects for Exercise Days Adjusted for Site Location, Age, Sex, and MMSE

Mean (SE) (95% CI)
change from
Mean (SE)(95% CI) Control assessment Primary assessment Follow-up assessment
Variable Baseline Baseline to Pretreatment p Value Pretreatment to Posttreatment p Value Pretreatment to 13 months p Value
Persons with dementiaa
 Urban AAAb 1.57 (0.19)(1.21 to 1.94) 0.15 (0.19)(−0.22 to 0.53) .42 0.06 (0.18)(−0.29 to 0.41) .74 0.33 (0.22)(−0.10 to 0.75) .13
 Age ≥ 80 year 1.35 (0.16)(1.04 to 1.67) −0.20 (0.19)(−0.58 to 0.18) .31 0.24 (0.18)(−0.11 to 0.59) .18 0.28 (0.22)(−0.14 to 0.71) .19
 Men 1.74 (0.19)(1.37 to 2.12) −0.03 (0.19)(−0.41 to 0.35) .88 −0.13 (0.18)(−0.49 to 0.22) .45 −0.46 (0.21)
(−0.88 to −0.05)
.03
 MMSE ≥ 16 1.51 (0.18)(1.16 to 1.85) 0.17 (0.19)(−0.20 to 0.55) .37 −0.02 (0.18)(−0.37 to 0.33) .91 0.18 (0.22)(−0.24 to 0.60) .40

Note: MMSE, mini-mental state examination; AAA, area agencies on aging.

aEstimates for exercise days from repeated measures, negative binomial regression model with a random intercept.

bReferent group is rural AAA.