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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2009 Nov;24(11):1277–1284. doi: 10.1002/gps.2257

TABLE 3.

Associations of cognitive domain composites with depressive symptoms and demographics (multiple regression model)

Cognitive Domain Composite Depression (3 levels) Age (3 groups) Gender (2 groups) Education (3 groups) Race (2 groups)

coeff z (p value) % variance explained1 coeff z (p value) % variance explained1 coeff z (p value) % variance explained1 coeff z (p value) % variance explained1 coeff z (p value) % variance explained1
Attention −.073 −1.65 (0.10) 0.28 −.380 −10.09 (<0.001) 9.99 .079 2.22 (0.03) 0.26 .216 3.87 (<0.001) 0.19 .401 4.66 (<0.001) 1.11
−.098 −1.78 (0.08) −.679 −13.13 (<0.001) .274 4.82 (<0.001

Executive −.153 −4.00 (<0.001) 1.22 −.366 −11.20 (<0.001) 10.24 .100 3.24 (0.001) 0.48 .259 5.37 (<0.001) 3.05 .469 6.28 (<0.001) 1.80
−.191 −4.00 (<0.001) −.725 −16.15 (<0.001) .395 8.02 (<0.001)

Language −.116 −3.37 (0.001) 0.79 −.305 −10.13 (<0.001) 10.91 .260 9.40 (<0.001) 3.93 .289 6.63 (<0.001) 4.68 .414 6.01 (<0.001) 1.68
−.138 −3.18 (0.002 −.610 −15.06 (<0.001) .447 10.05 (<0.001)

Memory −.103 −2.48 (0.01) 0.64 −.443 −12.52 (<0.001) 14.50 .139 4.18 (<0.001) 0.81 .180 3.43 (<0.001) 2.79 .309 3.82 (<0.001) 0.67
−.169 −3.26 (0.001) −.815 −16.75 (<0.001) .374 7.01 (<0.001)

Visuospatial −.189 −3.35 (0.001) 0.95 −.410 −8.49 (<0.001) 6.68 −.134 −2.96 (0.01) 0.44 .283 3.97 (<0.001) 2.69 .843 7.65 (<0.001) 2.90
−.239 −3.37 (0.001) −.716 −10.80 (<0.001) .506 6.94 (<0.001)
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Measured by R-square of the simple linear regression model