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. 2011 Jul 7;66B(5):571–581. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbr035

Table 2.

Univariate Latent Change Models for Memory and Depressive Symptoms

Parameter Memory constant change model
Depressive symptoms dual change model
Initial level
Slope
Initial level
Slope
Est (SE) Std Est (SE) Std Est (SE) Std Est (SE) Std
Mean (μ) 4.668* (.020) −.152* (.006) 1.663* (.021) .870* (.074)
Variance (σ) 2.619* (.078) 1 .045* (.007) 1 2.008* (.079) 1 .689* (.104) 1
Regression paths to initial level and slope
    Education (in years) .175* (.005) .370 −.002 (.002) −.031 −.123* (.006) −.297 −.067* (.006) −.276
    Sex (female) .673* (.036) .207 −.047 (.012) −.109 .325* (.039) .114 .218* (.027) .131
    Age (in decades) −.704* (.017) −.462 −.050* (.006) −.249 −.075 (.019) −.056 −.066* (.011) −.084
    Number of tests before 1998 .225* (.013) .179 −.033* (.004) −.197
Regression estimates for time-varying covariates and self-feedback paths to memory and depressive symptoms
    Heart disease −.011 (.010) −.002 .289* (.029) .077
    Stroke −.131* (.020) −.019 .352* (.045) .057
    Diabetes −.058* (.011) −.012 .149* (.027) .035
    Hypertension −.031 (.008) −.009 .138* (.019) .048
    β “=0” −.531* (.046)

Notes: N = 14,789. Est = nonstandardized estimate, SE = standard error, Std = standardized estimate. “=0” = parameter constrained to zero. Models fit with sampling weights and the missing at random assumption.

*p < 10−-6.