Table 1.

ANOVAs and MCAs for the Relationships Between Worries About Getting Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and Independent Variables.

Ind Var	Category	Bivariate Effects				Multivariate Effects
		N	Unadjusted Gross Effects	η	Unadjusted Significance	N	Adjusted Net Effects	β	Adjusted Significance
Memory rating	Excellent	108	2.14			100	2.17
	Very good	415	2.23			397	2.25
	Good	682	2.47			661	2.47
	Fair	372	2.71			354	2.74
	Poor	78	2.87	.146	<.001	78	2.80	.141	<.001
Memory compared to past 2 years	Better	43	2.16			41	2.12
	Same	1281	2.38			1206	2.43
	Worse	362	2.78	.122	<.001	343	2.65	.077	<.025
Familiarity with AD	Don’t know anyone	625	2.31			594	2.30
	Know someone but not first degree relative	815	2.45			787	2.47
	First degree relative has AD	215	2.93	.136	<.001	209	2.93	.138	<.001
Having first degree relative with AD increases chance	False	554	2.25			549	2.29
	True	1049	2.58	.115	<.001	1041	2.56	.092	<.001
Gender	Male	726	2.38			697	2.41
	Female	930	2.52	.050	<.05	893	2.51	.036	NS
Marital status	Married	994	2.47			958	2.47
	Unmarried	661	2.44	.010	NS	632	2.48	.004	NS
Education	0-8 years	139	2.58			132	2.56
	9-11 years	198	2.51			191	2.53
	12 years	530	2.47			515	2.48
	13-15 years	393	2.34			379	2.33
	16 or + years	386	2.51	.054	NS	373	2.54	.058	NS
Age	50-59	570	2.67			551	2.76
	60-69	440	2.42			421	2.40
	70-79	423	2.36			408	2.30
	80+	223	2.22	.115	<.001	210	2.19	.156	<.001
Total model									<.001
Multiple R								.288
R 2								.083

Abbreviations: Ind Var, independent variable; MCA, multiple classification analysis; NS, not significant.