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Published in final edited form as: Exp Aging Res. 2005 Jul–Sep;31(3):291–312. doi: 10.1080/03610730590948195

Table 4.

Independent and fitted relationship of background variables and initial recall and learning factors for AVLT performance: ACTIVE pilot sample (N = 169)

Characteristic	Independent effects				Fitted multivariate model sociodemographic characteristics only				Fitted multivariate model sociodemographic, health, and cognition characteristics
	Initial recall		Learning		Initial recall		Learning		Initial recall		Learning
	Est.	(SE)	Est.	(SE)	Est.	(SE)	Est.	(SE)	Est.	(SE)	Est.	(SE)
Women (vs. men)	0.390	(0.345)	0.458	(0.469)	0.927	(0.329)^*	0.000	—	0.969	(0.325)^*	0.000	—
Age (per 10 years)	−0.068	(0.215)	−1.141	(0.278)^*	−0.477	(0.211)^*	−1.062	(0.274)^*	−0.473	(0.211)^*	−0.507	(0.277)
Black, African-American (vs. Whites and others)	−1.107	(0.249)^*	0.047	(0.357)	−1.446	(0.260)^*	0.000	—	−1.428	(0.263)^*	0.832	(0.342)^*
Completed fewer than 12 years of education (vs. more)	−0.458	(0.278)	−1.103	(0.371)^*	0.000	—	−1.006	(0.353)^*	0.000	—	0.318	(0.355)
SF-36 physical component score (per 10 points)	0.257	(0.140)	0.493	(0.195)^*	—	—	—	—	0.000	—	0.000	—
SF-36 mental component score (per 10 points)	0.182	(0.172)	0.306	(0.244)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Word series number correct	0.077	(0.028)^*	0.213	(0.036)^*	—	—	—	—	0.000	—	0.000	—
DSST number correct	0.030	(0.008)^*	0.069	(0.011)^*	—	—	—	—	0.000	—	0.040	(0.013)^*
Vocabulary number correct	0.110	(0.037)^*	0.223	(0.048)^*	—	—	—	—	0.000	—	0.122	(0.053)^*
MMSE score	0.102	(0.060)	0.497	(0.073)^*	—	—	—	—	0.000	—	0.328	(0.080)^*
Latent variable r²	—		—		0.190		0.165		0.188		0.445

Abbreviations: AVLT, Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test; DSST, Digit Symbol Subtitution Test; MMSE, Mini-Mental State Examination; Est., parameter estimate; SE, standard error.

p <.05;

— in estimate column indicates parameter not included in model; entries of 0 in estimate column and — in SE column indicate parameter fixed to 0.