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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 9.
Published in final edited form as: J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2003 Jan;58(1):S21–S29. doi: 10.1093/geronb/58.1.s21

Table 3.

Multivariate Analysis: 1985 and 1988 Longitudinal Religious Attendance Models With Pfeiffer’s Cognitive Dysfunction Scale (0–1 vs. 2–10 Errors) as the Outcome

1982 Predictors 1985, N = 1,847 (Dead = 490)
OR (95% CI)
1988, N = 1,245 (Dead = 995)
OR (95%CI)
Religious Attendance (<weekly/≥weekly) .64 (.49–.85) 1.00 (.71–1.41)
Religious Preference
 Protestant (no/yes) .92 (.60–1.41) .98 (.62–1.55)
 Jewish (no/yes) .78 (.46–1.32) .59 (.32–1.09)
 Other (no/yes) .43 (.17–1.11) .94 (.29–3.06)
 None (no/yes) 1.69 (.54–5.25) .86 (.23–.76)
Sociodemographic
 Age (continuous scale: 65–99) 1.03 (1.00–1.06) 1.08 (1.05–1.11)
 Gender (male/female) 1.31 (.95–1.82) 1.15 (.83–1.58)
 Race (White/non-White) 2.91 (1.79–4.73) 1.60 (.88–2.91)
 Income (dollars)
  Middle income (5,000–9,999) .85 (.64–1.13) .86 (.58–1.28)
  High income (10,000+) .43 (.27–.69) .66 (.42–1.06)
  Missing income .87 (.51–1.49) .81 (.38–1.72)
 Education (continuous scale: 0–17) .92 (.88–.96) .95 (.90–1.00)
 Marital status (unmarried/married) 1.13 (.75–1.70) .97 (.66–1.41)
Behavioral
 Smoking
  Past smoking (no/yes) .76 (.58–.99) .89 (.60–1.33)
  Current smoking (no/yes) 1.18 (.75–1.83) 1.22 (.81–1.84)
 Social engagement (ordinal scale: 0–3) .84 (.72–.97) .88 (.75–1.04)
Biomedical
 Depression (no/yes) 1.09 (.69–1.70) .95 (.57–1.57)
 Functional Disability (no/yes) 1.18 (.78–1.80) 1.47 (.82–2.65)
 Hypertension (no/yes) .68 (.52–.88) .88 (.66–1.18)
 Stroke (no/yes) 1.85 (.95–3.60) 2.19 (1.16–4.14)
 Cognitive dysfunction (continuous scale: 0–10) 1.51 (1.34–1.70) 1.54 (1.35–1.76)

Note: OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval.