Table 6 Association of three QIP metrics with medical conditions at baseline.

From: Digital quantification of the MMSE interlocking pentagon areas: a three-stage algorithm

  

Estimate

SE

P-value

Total Area

Number of medical conditions

9.03

7.87

0.2553

(%)

Number of vascular diseases

−0.03

14.53

0.9984

Number of vascular risk factors

0.80

10.17

0.9379

Cognitive impairment

26.04

16.27

0.1141

Proportion of

Number of medical conditions

−0.36

0.50

0.4733

Intersection (%)

Number of vascular diseases

−0.43

0.91

0.6407

Number of vascular risk factors

0.72

0.66

0.2782

Cognitive impairments

0.82

1.05

0.4380

Balance Ratio

(%)

Number of medical conditions

−2.78

1.32

0.0389*

Number of vascular diseases

0.04

2.50

0.9879

Number of vascular risk factors

−3.96

1.75

0.0269*

Cognitive impairment

−0.41

2.89

0.8895

  1. *− p-value < 0.05; ** p value < 0.01 *** p value < 0.001; No multiplicity correction was applied.
  2. Participant was classified as cognitively impaired (score = 1) if diagnosed with MCI or dementia, and as cognitively normal (score = 0) otherwise.
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