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Published in final edited form as: Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen. 2010 Jul 2;25(5):439–445. doi: 10.1177/1533317510370955

Table 2.

Crude and Adjusted Relative Hazard of Mortality (n=123)

	Univariate Analyisis^a(n=123)			All Covariates (n=120)			Final Model ^b (n=120)

	HR	95% CI	p value	HR	95% CI	p value	HR	95% CI	p value
Site 2^c	.62	.41–.96	.03	.63	.27–1.45	.28
Site 3^c	.49	.26–.92	.03	.39	.12–1.29	.12
Female gender	.72	.47–1.09	.12	.96	.43–2.15	.92	.69	.41–1.15	.15
Age ^d	1.02	.98–1.05	.32	1.04	.99–1.10	.14	1.03	.98–1.08	.25
Years at nursing home^e	.97	.90–1.04	.37	1.02	.90–1.15	.80
Mixed or other dementia	.69	.45–1.06	.09	.57	.30–1.09	.09	.59	.35–1.00	.05
Psychosis	1.12	.71–1.76	.62	1.03	.50–2.11	.94
Pulmonary disorders	1.43	.80–2.57	.23	.96	.42–2.18	.92
Diabetes Mellitus	1.32	.65–2.67	.44	1.74	.79–3.80	.17
Pneumonia	2.10	1.21–3.65	<.01	2.06	.93–4.56	.08	2.23	1.19–4.20	.01
Heart Disease	1.23	.81–1.87	.34	1.27	.69–2.33	.45
SIRS^f score 6–13 ^g (n=121)	1.26	.74–2.15	.39	1.40	.63–3.13	.41	1.43	.76–2.69	.27
SIRS score 14+ ^g (n=121)	.83	.47–1.46	.52	.72	.29–1.81	.48	.80	.38–1.66	.55
7 + years with symptoms ^h (n=122)	.80	.52–1.23	.30	.68	.36–1.30	.24	.76	.46–1.27	.30

^a

Missing data—SIRS scores (n=2), years since dementia symptoms began (n=1)

^b

Final model includes gender, age, site, SIRS, dementia type, pneumonia, diabetes mellitus, and years with dementia symptoms

^c

Reference category: Site 1

^d

With every one year increase from mean age (81.5 years)

^e

With every one year increase from mean years in nursing home (1.9 years)

^f

Severe Impairment Rating Scale

^g

Reference category: SIRS score 0–5

^h

Reference category: 0–6 years with symptoms