Research Article

The Association of Serum Levels of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor with the Occurrence of and Recovery from Delirium in Older Medical Inpatients

Table 2

GEE model examining the effects of independent predictor variables on delirium status.

ParameterStd. error95% Wald confidence intervalHypothesis test
LowerUpperWald chi-squaredfSig.

Intercept7.822.57632.77312.8729.2191.002
Prev hx of dementia = No.89.3214.2661.5267.7701.005
Prev hx of dementia = yes0......
Age−.086.0285−.142−.0309.0751.003
MoCA.210.0257.160.26066.9591.000
APACHE II−.096.0380−.170−.0216.3601.012