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. 2020 Dec 15;10(3):195–204. doi: 10.1159/000510382

Table 2.

Associations between hand function items and cognitive assessments

Univariable linear regression analysis Stepwise regression analysis
B 95% CI p value adjusted R2 B 95% CI p value adjusted R2
Grip strength (kg) (n = 97) 0.644
 Education (years) 0.83 0.14 to 1.51 0.019 0.056
 Age (years) −0.66 −0.92 to −0.39 <0.001 0.196 −0.42 −0.62 to −0.21 <0.001
 If female −15.46 −18.54 to −12.36 <0.001 0.507 −13.32 −16.08 to −10.57 <0.001
 If living alone −9.14 −13.21 to −5.07 <0.001 0.164
 MMSE 0.24 −0.33 to 0.80 0.407 0.003
 10-word list recall 0.32 −0.17 to 0.82 0.197 0.007
 CDT (if normal) 8.04 3.97 to 12.12 <0.001 0.130
 TMTA (s) −0.06 −0.11 to −0.01 0.032 0.037
 TMTB (s) −0.03 −0.05 to −0.01 0.016 0.050 −0.02 −0.04 to −0.01 0.001
Grooved Pegboard (s) (n = 90) 0.402
 Education (years) 2.03 −6.69 to 2.63 0.388 −0.003
 Age (years) 2.65 0.76 to 4.56 0.007 0.065 1.69 0.16 to 3.22 0.031
 If female 19.84 −9.20 to 48.87 0.178 0.009
 If living alone 12.04 −17.63 to 41.71 0.422 −0.004
 MMSE −4.34 −8.01 to −0.68 0.021 0.045
 10-word list recall −0.77 −4.05 to 2.51 0.642 −0.008
 CDT (if normal) −62.17 −88.47 to −35.87 <0.001 0.180
 TMTA (s) 1.04 0.75 to 1.32 <0.001 0.352 0.76 0.46 to 1.08 <0.001
 TMTB (s) 0.34 0.22 to 0.47 <0.001 0.236 0.17 0.04 to 0.30 0.010
Finger tapping (n) (n = 97) 0.429
 Education (years) 0.86 0.12 to 1.60 0.024 0.051
 Age (years) −0.29 −0.60 to 0.01 0.059 0.027
 If female −11.88 −15.78 to −7.98 <0.001 0.270 −10.09 −13.98 to −6.20 <0.001
 If living alone −5.82 −10.33 to −1.31 0.012 0.055
 MMSE 0.24 −0.35 to 0.82 0.428 −0.004
 10-word list recall 0.11 −0.40 to 0.62 0.675 −0.009
 CDT (if normal) 9.58 5.45 to 13.72 <0.001 0.174 5.46 0.81 to 10.12 0.022
 TMTA (s) −0.09 −0.14 to −0.04 0.001 0.105
 TMTB (s) −0.03 −0.05 to −0.01 0.007 0.065 −0.03 −0.05 to −0.01 0.018

B, unstandardized coefficient.