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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 18.
Published in final edited form as: Psychiatry Res. 2010 May 15;178(2):414–418. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2010.04.030

Table 2.

Odds ratios per point change for predictors of frequently reported early functional declines on the FAS.

FAS functional decline items Motor Depressive Cognitive functioninga



Functioning Symptoms Verbal fluency SDMT Stroop
Unable to engage in usual work 0.936*** 0.869** 1.012 1.006 1.011
Unable to engage in any workb 0.929*** 0.948 0.998 1.028 1.012
Unable to manage financesb 0.943** 0.931 0.991 1.012 1.064**
Unable to drive safelyb 0953** 0.931 1.008 1.004 1.052**
Unable to supervise childrenb 0.936** 0.919 0.998 1.015 1.040*
Unable to volunteerb 0.962* 0.948 1.002 1.025 1.045*

FAS = Functional Assessment Scale, SDMT = Symbol Digit Modalities Test, Stroop = Stroop Interference Task.

a

Odds ratios are per point lower standardized score.

b

Odds ratio for a combined score of the cognitive tests were also significant at p < 0.05 for these items.

***

p < 0.0001.

**

p < 0.01.

*

p < 0.05.