From: Cognitive decline and mortality among community-dwelling Chinese older people
Model | Cognitive decline HR (95%CI) | |||||
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Continuous | Categorical* | |||||
Rate of change in MMSE score†| Improvement | Stable | Slow decline | Rapid decline | P for trend | |
Model 1‡ | 1.06 (1.05–1.07) | 1.01 (0.91–1.13) | Reference | 1.00 (0.89–1.12) | 1.56 (1.40–1.73) | < 0.0001 |
Model 2§ | 1.08 (1.07–1.09) | 0.99 (0.81–1.10) | Reference | 1.05 (0.94–1.18) | 1.65 (1.48–1.84) | < 0.0001 |
Model 3¶ | 1.11 (1.10–1.12) | 0.92 (0.82–1.02) | Reference | 1.11 (0.99–1.25) | 1.75 (1.57–1.95) | < 0.0001 |