Table 1.

Group characteristics

Group	Age M(SEM)	Years of Education M(SEM)	WTAR M(SEM)	MMSE M(SEM)
Younger Control	23.4 (1.0)	14.3 (.5)	41.5 (1.2)	-
Younger Stress	22.9 (1.1)	14.6 (.6)	42.4 (1.3)	-
Older Control	72.5 (1.1)	16.0 (.5)	41.5 (1.2)	27.4 (.3)
Older Stress	72.7 (1.1)	16.9 (.5)	42.1 (1.3)	27.7 (.4)

Notes. WTAR = Wechsler’s Test of Adult Reading (assessment of verbal intelligence; Wechsler, 2001). MMSE = Mini-Mental State Exam (assessment of global cognitive function; Folstein et al., 1975). Characteristics did not differ by stress group nor were there interactions of age and stress group (ps > .05).