Table 3.

Adjusted^* Mean Change in Walking Speed Over 1-year by Dementia Status and Metabolic Risk Composite Score Combined

	Dementia caregiving status, mean (SE)
Metabolic risk composite score	Total sample	Noncaregivers	Nondementia caregivers	Dementia caregivers
0	0.005 (0.014)	−0.007 (0.012)	0.027 (0.019)	0.031 (0.029)
1	−0.016 (0.013)	0.004 (0.010)	−0.028 (0.016)	0.014 (0.028)
2	−0.021 (0.014)	−0.012 (0.014)	−0.016 (0.018)	0.003 (0.031)
3–4	−0.084 (0.025)	−0.011 (0.020)	−0.048 (0.037)	−0.155 (0.057)
Linear trend for increasing metabolic risk composite score	p ≤ .001	p = .70	p = .09	p = .004

^*Adjusted for baseline walking speed (β = −.359, SE = 0.029, p < .001), black race (β =−.033, SE = 0.016, p=−.04), high school graduate+ (β = .018, SE = 0.010, p = 0.077), and IADL limitations (β = −.024, SE = 0.005, p < .001). p Value for the caregiving × metabolic risk composite score interaction term = .057.