Table 2. Decision making and scams as a function of cognitive decline*.
| Persons without dementia N = 420 | No cognitive impairment only N = 334 | |||
| EST (SE) | P | EST (SE) | P | |
| Decision making | ||||
| Age | −0.057 (0.017) | <.001 | −0.051 (0.018) | 0.005 |
| Female | 1.142 (0.276) | <.001 | 0.949 (0.308) | 0.002 |
| Education | 0.154 (0.042) | <.001 | 0.115 (0.047) | 0.015 |
| Starting level of cognition | 2.284 (0.286) | <.001 | 2.935 (0.364) | <.001 |
| Cognitive decline | 0.229 (0.041) | <.001 | 0.195 (0.051) | <.001 |
| Susceptibility to scams | ||||
| Age | 0.019 (0.005) | <.001 | 0.026 (0.005) | <.001 |
| Female | 0.030 (0.080) | 0.703 | 0.062 (0.088) | 0.478 |
| Education | −0.019 (0.012) | 0.106 | −0.017 (0.013) | 0.194 |
| Starting level of cognition | −0.152 (0.082) | 0.065 | −0.195 (0.104) | 0.060 |
| Cognitive decline | −0.039 (0.012) | 0.001 | −0.031 (0.015) | 0.037 |
*
Parameter estimates of cognitive decline per 0.01 unit increase in rate of change; estimated from regression models adjusted for age, sex, education, and starting level of cognition.