Clinical Study
Clinical Predictors of Mortality in Adults with Intellectual Disabilities with and without Down Syndrome
Table 2
Summary of key variables entered into the survival model (categorical variables).
| Variable | Variable detail | Non-DS | DS | Total |
| Deceased | As of July 2011 | 66 | 27% | 42 | 36.2% | 108 | 30.0 |
| Dementia | Caregiver reported at baseline | 1 | 0.4% | 6 | 5.2% | 7 | 1.9 |
| Medications | Antipsychotic at baseline | 58 | 23.8% | 37 | 31.9% | 95 | 26.4 | Antipsychotic in any wave | 83 | 34% | 49 | 42.2% | 132 | 36.7 | Antidepressant at baseline | 30 | 12.3% | 17 | 14.7% | 47 | 13.1 | Antidepressant in any wave | 56 | 23% | 26 | 22.4% | 82 | 22.8 | Sedative-hypnotic at baseline | 5 | 2% | 6 | 5.2% | 11 | 3.1 | Sedative-hypnotic in any wave | 24 | 9.8% | 14 | 12.1% | 38 | 10.6 | Anxiolytic at baseline | 25 | 10.2% | 11 | 9.5% | 36 | 10.0 | Anxiolytic in any wave | 50 | 20.5% | 26 | 22.4% | 76 | 21.1 | Anticonvulsant at baseline | 66 | 27% | 36 | 31% | 102 | 28.3 | Anticonvulsant in any wave | 81 | 33.2% | 48 | 41.4% | 129 | 35.8 |
| Seizure history | Seizure history (current or past) at baseline | 84 | 34.4% | 14 | 12.1% | 98 | 27.2 | Seizures (actively) present at baseline | 39 | 16% | 6 | 5.2% | 45 | 12.5 | Seizures reported in any of the four waves | 80 | 32.8% | 46 | 39.7% | 126 | 35 | New seizures reported after baseline | 16 | 6.6% | 12 | 10.3% | 28 | 7.8 |
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*Higher scores indicate greater deficits.
**Higher scores indicate greater yearly increase in deficits between 1995 and 2001.
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