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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Apr 25.
Published in final edited form as: J Alzheimers Dis. 2020;74(2):625–636. doi: 10.3233/JAD-190922

Table 5.

Marginal effects (ME) of patient and care partner characteristics on dyadic concordance

Unadjusted ME (95% CI) Adjusted ME (95% CI)
Impairment level of patient
 MCI REF REF
 Dementia 0.04 (−0.000, 0.08) 0.000 (−0.04, 0.04)
Patient TICS-M −0.005 (−0.008, −0.002)*** −0.004 (−0.007, −0.001)*
Patient male 0.006 (−0.03, 0.04) −0.04 (−0.11, 0.04)
Patient Caucasian −0.06 (−0.14, 0.01) −0.10 (−0.16,−0.03)**
Patient age −0.0004 (−0.004, 0.003) 0.000 (−0.004, 0.003)
Patient Education
 High school graduate or less REF REF
 Some college 0.06 (−0.11,−0.009)* −0.05 (−0.11,−0.001)*
 Bachelor’s degree −0.06 (−0.11,−0.004)* −0.06 (−0.11,−0.003)*
 Graduate degree −0.07 (−0.11,−0.02)** −0.07 (−0.12, −0.02)*
Patient health literacy
 (1) Always need help REF REF
 2 −0.03 (−0.09, 0.03) −0.2 (−0.09, 0.04)
 3 −0.07 (−0.13,−0.005)* −0.05 (−0.12, 0.01)
 4 −0.06 (−0.11, 0.007)* −0.04 (−0.10, 0.02)
 (5) Never need help −0.07 (−0.12, −0.02)** −0.04 (−0.09, 0.02)
Age difference (patient minus care partner age) −0.001 (−0.002, 0.001) −0.003 (−0.006, 0.000)
Care partner TICS-M 0.003 (−0.0001, 0.006) 0.003 (−0.001, 0.006)
Care partner male −0.03 (−0.07, 0.01) −0.07 (−0.16, 0.009)
Care partner Caucasian 0.05 (−0.04, 0.15) 0.12 (−0.02, 0.23)
Care partner education
 High school graduate or less REF REF
 Some college −0.004 (−0.06, 0.05) −0.000 (−0.06, 0.06)
 Bachelor’s degree 0.04 (−0.02, 0.09) 0.04 (−0.02, 0.1)
 Graduate degree −0.002 (−0.06, 0.06) 0.01 (−0.05, 0.08)
Care Partner health literacy
 (1) Always need help REF REF
 2 −0.04 (−0.23, 0.16) −0.04 (−0.22, 0.1)
 3 0.04 (−0.12, 0.19) 0.02 (−0.13, 0.16)
 4 0.03 (−0.11, 0.18) 0.007 (−0.13, 0.14)
 (5) Never need help 0.08 (−0.06, 0.22) 0.05 (−0.08,0.18)
Care partner’s relationship to patient
 Other REF REF
 Spouse/significant other −0.01 (−0.06, 0.04) −0.03 (−0.12, 0.05)
Care Partner’s CAPACITY Communication Score 0.03 (0.004, 0.06)* 0.02 (−0.006, 0.05)
*

p < 0.05;

**

p < 0.01;

**

p < 0.001.