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. 2022 Nov 5;32(11):502–509. doi: 10.2188/jea.JE20200602

Table 3. Logistic regression model assessing the independent effects of urbanization, sociodemographic characteristics, lifestyle habits, and comorbidities on mild cognitive impairment and dementia.

Variables Mild Cognitive Impairment Dementia


Crude OR 95% CI Adjusted ORa 95% CI Crude OR 95% CI Adjusted ORa 95% CI
Levels of Urbanization                
 Urban areas 1.00   1.00   1.00   1.00  
 Suburban areas 1.21b 1.06–1.38 1.07 0.92–1.23 1.42b 1.17–1.73 1.43b 1.13–1.81
 Rural areas 1.55b 1.36–1.76 1.17b 1.01–1.35 1.82b 1.51–2.19 1.73b 1.37–2.19
Sex                
 Men 1.00   1.00   1.00   1.00  
 Women 1.54b 1.39–1.70 1.25b 1.10–1.43 1.73b 1.50–1.99 1.50b 1.22–1.83
Age, years                
 65–69 1.00   1.00   1.00   1.00  
 70–74 1.24b 1.05–1.46 1.08 0.91–1.28 1.06 0.77–1.46 0.95 0.68–1.34
 75–79 1.90b 1.61–2.24 1.53b 1.29–1.82 2.53b 1.88–3.40 2.19b 1.60–3.00
 80–84 2.36b 1.98–2.81 2.07b 1.73–2.48 5.31b 3.98–7.09 4.96b 3.63–6.77
 ≥85 3.76b 3.11–4.56 3.42b 2.79–4.19 15.98b 12.00–21.28 16.56b 12.06–22.74
Education, years                
 0 4.46b 3.46–5.76 3.49b 2.64–4.61 4.44b 3.08–6.40 2.32b 1.48–3.65
 ≤6 1.70b 1.32–2.20 1.59b 1.21–2.08 1.76b 1.22–2.54 1.53 0.99–2.38
 7–12 1.05 0.79–1.40 1.08 0.81–1.46 1.14 0.76–1.72 1.12 0.69–1.82
 >12 1.00   1.00   1.00   1.00  
Lifestyle habits                
 Smoking (Ref. = No) 0.85b 0.75–0.97 1.10 0.94–1.30 0.63b 0.51–0.76 0.87 0.66–1.03
 Drinking (Ref. = No) 0.78b 0.67–0.92 0.99 0.82–1.19 0.56b 0.42–0.70 0.80 0.58–1.10
 Regular exercise (Ref. = No) 0.51b 0.46–0.57 0.64b 0.58–0.72 0.14b 0.11–0.17 0.19b 0.15–0.24
 Social activityc (Ref. = No) 0.57b 0.51–0.63 0.74b 0.66–0.84 0.25b 0.20–0.30 0.40b 0.32–0.49
Comorbidities (Ref. = No)                
 Hypertension 1.09 0.99–1.20 1.00 0.89–1.11 1.24b 1.08–1.42 0.89 0.75–1.05
 Diabetes mellitus 1.21b 1.07–1.36 1.18b 1.04–1.34 1.80b 1.55–2.10 1.82b 1.51–2.20
 Stroke 2.54b 2.08–3.10 2.53b 2.04–3.14 6.86b 5.59–8.41 7.40b 5.71–9.59
 Head injury 1.46b 1.14–1.86 1.60b 1.24–2.08 2.10b 1.57–2.80 2.24b 1.55–3.24
 Cancer 0.86 0.67–0.10 0.95 0.73–1.23 1.38b 1.04–1.85 1.49b 1.04–2.12

CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio; Ref., reference.

aEstimated from multivariate logistic regression with levels of urbanization, sex, age, education year, lifestyle habits (smoking, drinking, regular exercise, social activity), and comorbidities (hypertension, diabetes mellitus, stroke, head injury, cancer) simultaneously included in the model.

bP < 0.05.

cTo test the interaction terms for social activity with other lifestyle factors. For MCI, social activity has significant interaction with exercise (P = 0.008), but not with smoking (P = 0.75) and alcohol intake (P = 0.05). As for dementia, there was no significantly interactive effect of social activity with smoking (P = 0.12), alcohol intake (P = 0.65), and exercise (P = 0.24).