Table 4.
Depression diagnosis does not predict change in MMSE score over the four-year follow-up period, controlling for age, years of education, and minority group membership.
| Unstandardized coefficients | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | df | Beta | Standard Error |
F | P value |
| Constant | 20.73 | 1.877 | 11.044 | <.001 | |
| MMSE baseline | 1,335 | 0.360 | 0.053 | 6.76 | <.001 |
| Age | 1,335 | −0.059 | 0.011 | −5.499 | <.001 |
| Years of education | 1,335 | 0.115 | 0.037 | 3.075 | 0.002 |
| Minority status (0 = Caucasion, 1 = not Caucasian) | 1,335 | −0.870 | 0.237 | −3.667 | <.001 |
| Depressed? 0 = No, 1 = Yes | 1,335 | 0.032 | 0.152 | 0.212 | 0.832 |