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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Aging. 2015 May 11;30(2):279–285. doi: 10.1037/pag0000024

Table 2.

Interactive Effects of Race and Age on Change in Different Cognitive Functions

Fixed effects Episodic Memory Semantic Memory Working Memory Perceptual Speed Visuospatial Ability
Estimate SE p Estimate SE p Estimate SE p Estimate SE p Estimate SE p
Time −0.050 0.006 <0.001 −0.080 0.007 <0.001 −0.049 0.005 <0.001 −0.093 0.006 <0.001 −0.042 0.005 <0.001
Age −0.040 0.003 <0.001 −0.034 0.004 <0.001 −0.017 0.004 <0.001 −0.037 0.004 <0.001 −0.015 0.004 <0.001
Male gender −0.184 0.036 <0.001 −0.074 0.040 0.067 −0.017 0.042 0.694 −0.228 0.047 <0.001 0.201 0.044 <0.001
Education 0.045 0.004 <0.001 0.054 0.005 <0.001 0.061 0.005 <0.001 0.082 0.006 <0.001 0.059 0.005 <0.001
Black race −0.174 0.031 <0.001 −0.349 0.035 <0.001 −0.299 0.037 <0.001 −0.426 0.040 <0.001 −0.599 0.038 <0.001
Age x time −0.007 0.001 <0.001 −0.008 0.001 <0.001 −0.004 0.001 <0.001 −0.007 0.001 <0.001 −0.004 0.001 <0.001
Gender x time −0.006 0.009 0.526 0.006 0.010 0.517 0.003 0.007 0.624 0.001 0.008 0.882 0.003 0.006 0.640
Education x time −0.003 0.001 0.004 −0.004 0.001 0.001 −0.003 0.001 <0.001 −0.003 0.001 0.003 −0.001 0.001 0.064
Race x time 0.013 0.008 0.109 0.026 0.009 0.003 0.007 0.006 0.277 0.046 0.007 <0.001 0.020 0.006 <0.001
Race x age 0.011 0.005 0.013 0.004 0.005 0.420 0.004 0.005 0.413 −0.006 0.006 0.320 −0.007 0.006 0.222
Race x age x time 0.002 0.001 0.062 0.003 0.001 0.029 0.001 0.001 0.278 0.003 0.001 0.003 0.000 0.001 0.662
Random effects Variance Variance Variance Variance Variance
Intercept 0.249 0.304 0.357 0.455 0.382
Slope 0.010 0.012 0.004 0.008 0.002
Error 0.121 0.179 0.162 0.140 0.198

Note. From 5 separate mixed-effects models. SE, standard error