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.”