title: [Related factors on patients with depression related to Alzheimer's disease based on the improved cumulative logistic regression].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the determinants of Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients with depression.
  
  
  METHODS
  The degree of depression on AD patients was assessed by the geriatric depression scale. Improved cumulative logistic regression (ICLR) was used to analyze the determinants of AD patients with depression.
  
  
  RESULTS
  196 AD patients were investigated. Among the 196 AD patients, there were 60 (30.6%) males and 136 (69.4%) females, at 58 - 89 years of age (72.3 ± 6.0). Physical activity, diabetes, MoCA, hearing, economic sources and alcohol were related to the degree of depression of AD patients (P < 0.10). The difference between "normal" and "mild depression" was smaller than difference between "mild depression" and "severe depression".
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  AD patients with mild depression were the target population for prevention and they were influenced by several factors listed above.
authors.affiliation: The Department of Health Statistics, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, China.
authors.forename: Yan-hong
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Zhi-xin
authors.initials: ZX
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Jin-yao
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yong-mei
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Ai
authors.forename: Pei-cui
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Hong-mei
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged