Table 3 .

Effect of AD severity measured by CDR-SB on the formal cost of care

	Exp(B) (95% CI)	Cost of formal care (95% CI) (€)	P-value
Mean cost in all stages of ad		14,499 (12,005–17,511)
CDR-SB, continuous	1.11 (1.07–1.14)		<0.001
CDR-SB, classified
≤4	1	8,498 (6,480–11,143)
4.5–6.5	1.57 (1.17–2.10)	13,300 (10,145–17,437)	0.003
7–9	2.34 (1.67–3.27)	19,870 (14,103–27,994)	<0.001
9.5–15.5	2.42 (1.69–3.47)	20,559 (15,461–27,338)	<0.001
≥16	3.16 (1.86–5.39)	26,887 (16,593–43,566)	<0.001