Variables such as medical history of aspiration pneumonia and dementia, use of dentures, NT-proBNP, TLC, BUN, CRP, albumin, transthyretin, MMSE, handgrip strength, prehospital MSAS and MSAS, MPT, and prehospital BI and BI, were entered into a multivariate model. The gene discussed is TTR; the disease is dementia.