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Table 3 Impact of cumulative ginseng intake on baseline clinical diagnosis

From: Effects of lifetime cumulative ginseng intake on cognitive function in late life

 

Baseline clinical diagnosis, n (%)

p valuea

Ordinal logistic regression

p valueb

NC

MCI

Dementia

 

B

SE

95% CI

 

Ginseng

   

< 0.001

    

 No use

3870 (67.4)

1610 (28.0)

265 (4.6)

 

(Reference)

   

 Low use (< 5 years)

358 (72.9)

124 (25.3)

9 (1.8)

 

−0.032

0.1247

(− 0.276, 0.213)

0.800

 High use (≥ 5 years)

140 (75.3)

45 (24.2)

1 (0.5)

 

−0.201

0.1993

(− 0.592, 0.189)

0.312

 Total

4368 (68.0)

1779 (27.7)

275 (4.3)

     
  1. CI confidence interval, MCI mild cognitive impairment, NC normal cognition, SE standard error
  2. aDerived from a linear-by-linear association test
  3. bDerived from ordinal logistic regression using generalized linear model adjusted for age, sex, years of education, socioeconomic status, body mass index, smoking (pack-years), alcohol intake (units in lifetime), presence of hypertension, stroke history, Korean version of Geriatric Depression Scale, Cumulative Illness Rating Scale, and presence of APOE e4 allele
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Alzheimer's Research & Therapy

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