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.