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Table 4 Association between medication use and mini-mental state examination score at death

From: Dementia severity at death: a register-based cohort study

Any recorded use of medication after dementia diagnosis

Univariable analysis

Multivariable analysis a (n = 452)

Coefficient

95% CI

P-value

Coefficient

95% CI

P-value

Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors / memantine

−0.6

− 1.3 to 0.2

0.12

− 0.0

− 1.6 to 1.6

0.97

Antidepressants

0.2

−0.7 to 0.9

0.72

0.1

−1.4 to 1.6

0.94

Sedatives

−1.6

−2.5 to −0.7

0.001

−1.1

− 2.8 to 0.7

0.24

Antipsychotics

−2.7

−3.6 to −1.8

< 0.001

− 2.7

−4.6 to −0.9

0.004

  1. Notes: a adjusted for age, sex, ethnicity, marital status, IMD, dementia type, problems with agitation, hallucinations and depression (from HoNOS scale) and time between diagnosis and death