Table 2.

Longitudinal relationships of own and spouse lower cognitive function at baseline with outcomes for husbands and wives at follow-up stratified by marital problems (n = 378 spouse pairs)

1994 baseline	1999 husbands' and wives' cognitive function outcomes by marital quality
	baseline relationships with wives' outcomes by frequency of marital problems				baseline relationships with husbands' outcomes by frequency of marital problems
	never or few		often or sometimes		never or few		often or sometimes
	coeff.	95% CI	coeff.	95% CI	coeff.	95% CI	coeff.	95% CI
Age	0.00	−0.02 to 0.03	0.01	−0.02 to 0.04	0.03∗∗	0.01–0.05	0.04	−0.01 to 0.08
Chronic conditions	0.14	−0.04 to 0.31	0.09	−0.17 to 0.35	0.23∗	0.02–0.44	0.11	−0.17 to 0.38
Financial problems	−0.16	−0.82 to 0.50	0.54	−0.19 to 1.28	0.58	−0.21 to 1.36	−0.03	−0.97 to 0.90
Own lower cognitive function	0.54∗∗∗	0.42–0.66	0.62∗∗∗	0.49–0.74	0.67∗∗∗	0.57–0.78	0.63∗∗∗	0.47–0.78
Spouse lower cognitive function	0.07	−0.02 to 0.17	0.20∗∗	0.07–0.32	−0.02	−0.13 to 0.10	−0.02	−0.18 to 0.14
Model R2	0.34		0.46		0.49		0.38

Regression coefficients (coeff.) and confidence intervals (95% CI) are based upon a 1-point increase in the indicated baseline independent variable.

^∗p < 0.05

^∗∗p < 0.01

^∗∗∗p < 0.001.