Table 3.
Effect of Occupational Complexity on Cognition, OC Entered Simultaneously (N = 355)
| MoCA | MCI or Dementia | Processing Speed | Executive Function | Episodic Memory | Language | Visuospatial | Brain Reserve | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panel A: Not Adjusting for Educational Attainment | |||||||||
| People | .17** (.05) |
−.12*** (.03) |
.09* (.04) |
.20*** (.05) |
.18** (.06) |
.14** (.05) |
.18*** (.05) |
.25** (.08) |
|
| Data | .09 (.06) |
.06 (.03) |
−.01 (.04) |
−.06 (.06) |
−.01 (.06) |
−.04 (.05) |
−.04 (.05) |
−.02 (.09) |
|
| Things | .00 (.06) |
.00 (.03) |
−.00 (.04) |
−.00 (.06) |
−.04 (.06) |
−.02 (.05) |
.10* (.04) |
.08 (.09) |
|
| Panel B: Adjusting for Educational Attainment | |||||||||
| People | .10 (.06) |
−.11** (.04) |
.03 (.05) |
.13 (.07) |
.14* (.07) |
.08 (.05) |
.15** (.05) |
.22* (.09) |
|
| Data | .07 (.06) |
.06 (.03) |
−.02 (.04) |
−.08 (.06) |
−.02 (.06) |
−.06 (.04) |
−.05 (.06) |
−.05 (.10) |
|
| Things | −.01 (.06) |
.00 (.03) |
−.02 (.04) |
−.02 (.06) |
−.06 (.06) |
−.04 (.05) |
.09* (.04) |
.06 (.09) |
|
*
p<0.05;
**
p<0.01;
***
p<0.001 (Two-tailed tests)
Notes: (1) Estimates calculated via full information maximum likelihood (FIML) (2) Robust standard errors in parentheses (3) Covariates include race, gender, age, and (Panel B only) educational attainment. (4) Occupational complexity measures are entered simultaneously in each model. (5) All measures are standardized except “MCI or Dementia.”