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.
| Parameter | | Std. error | 95% Wald confidence interval | Hypothesis test | Lower | Upper | Wald chi-square | df | Sig. |
| Intercept | 7.82 | 2.5763 | 2.773 | 12.872 | 9.219 | 1 | .002 | Prev hx of dementia = No | .89 | .3214 | .266 | 1.526 | 7.770 | 1 | .005 | Prev hx of dementia = yes | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | Age | −.086 | .0285 | −.142 | −.030 | 9.075 | 1 | .003 | MoCA | .210 | .0257 | .160 | .260 | 66.959 | 1 | .000 | APACHE II | −.096 | .0380 | −.170 | −.021 | 6.360 | 1 | .012 |
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