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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol. 2010 Jun 10;24(1):9–18. doi: 10.1177/0891988710373597

Table 3.

Adjusted means* by education or language at interview categories, Wave 1 through Wave 5

Variables Baseline, Wave 1 (n=2,861) Wave 2 (n=2,258) Wave 3 (n=1, 1,876) Wave 4 (n=1,674) Wave 5 (n=1,167)
Memory scores (0–6)
Education categories
 0 years 5.2 ± 0.1 5.2 ± 0.0 4.8 ± 0.1 4.6 ± 0.1 3.9 ± 0.1
 1–3 years 5.2 ± 0.0 5.1 ± 0.0 4.7 ± 0.1 4.5 ± 0.1 4.2 ± 0.1
 4–6 years 5.1 ± 0.0 5.1 ± 0.0 4.8 ± 0.0 4.6 ± 0.1 4.4 ± 0.1
 7–11 years 5.4 ± 0.1 5.4 ± 0.1 4.9 ± 0.1 4.7 ± 0.1 4.6 ± 0.1
 12+ years 5.5 ± 0.1 5.4 ± 0.1 5.0 ± 0.1 5.0 ± 0.1 4.8 ± 0.2
P-values <.0001 0.0013 0.1439 0.0254 0.0001
Language at interview
English 5.1 ± 0.0 5.0 ± 0.1 4.6 ± 0.1 4.2 ± 0.1 3.9 ± 0.1
Spanish 5.3 ± 0.0 5.2 ± 0.0 4.8 ± 0.0 4.7 ± 0.0 4.4 ± 0.1
P-values 0.0022 0.0023 0.0035 <.0001 0.0004

No-memory scores (0–24)
Education categories
 0 years 16.4 ± 0.2 15.7 ± 0.2 15.0 ± 0.2 13.2 ± 0.4 11.9 ± 0.5
 1–3 years 18.4 ± 0.1 17.2 ± 0.2 16.9 ± 0.2 14.5 ± 0.3 14.7 ± 0.4
 4–6 years 19.9 ± 0.1 18.5 ± 0.1 18.5 ± 0.2 15.9 ± 0.3 16.8 ± 0.3
 7–11 years 21.4 ± 0.2 20.2 ± 0.2 19.8 ± 0.2 17.3 ± 0.4 18.7 ± 0.5
 12+ years 22.3 ± 0.2 21.5 ± 0.3 21.1 ± 0.3 18.4 ± 0.5 19.7 ± 0.6
P-values <.0001 <.0001 <.0001 <.0001 0.0002
Language at interview
English 19.0 ± 0.1 17.7 ± 0.2 15.8 ± 0.2 13.8 ± 0.4 14.4 ± 0.4
Spanish 19.5 ± 0.1 18.3 ± 0.1 17.3 ± 0.1 15.9 ± 0.2 16.4 ± 0.2
P-values 0.0020 0.0086 0.0038 <.0001 <.0001

Total MMSE scores (0–30)
Education categories
 0 years 21.6 ± 0.2 20.9 ± 0.2 19.8 ± 0.3 17.4 ± 0.4 15.9 ± 0.6
 1–3 years 23.6 ± 0.2 22.3 ± 0.2 21.6 ± 0.2 18.7 ± 0.4 18.9 ± 0.4
 4–6 years 25.1 ± 0.1 23.7 ± 0.2 23.3 ± 0.2 20.3 ± 0.3 21.2 ± 0.4
 7–11 years 26.8 ± 0.2 25.6 ± 0.2 24.7 ± 0.3 21.7 ± 0.5 23.4 ± 0.6
 12+ years 27.8 ± 0.3 26.9 ± 0.3 26.1 ± 0.4 23.0 ± 0.6 24.5 ± 0.7
P-values <.0001 <.0001 <.0001 <.0001 0.0001
Language at interview
English 24.1 ± 0.2 22.8 ± 0.2 20.1 ± 0.2 17.7 ± 0.5 18.3 ± 0.6
Spanish 24.8 ± 0.1 23.6 ± 0.1 21.4 ± 0.1 20.3 ± 0.2 20.8 ± 0.2
P-values 0.0005 0.0043 <.0001 <.0001 <.0001
*

Adjusted for age, gender, education, and language at interview. Data are means ± standard error. P-values are testing differences on adjusted means of memory and no-memory domains and total MMSE across education or language at interview categories at each wave. MMSE=Mini-Mental State Examination.