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. 2017 Jun 1;72(Suppl 1):S5–S10. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glx004

Table 3.

Associations of Sociodemographic Characteristics and Health Status With Baseline and Change of Cognition, Estimated From Mixed-Effects Models

Cognitive Factors
Global Cognition Estimate (SE) Episodic Memory Estimate (SE) Working Memory Estimate (SE) Perceptual Speed Estimate (SE)
Model 1
 Intercept −0.013 (0.015) −0.020 (0.019) 0.009 (0.019) −0.033 (0.019)
 Time −0.039 (0.006) −0.007 (0.009) −0.055 (0.008) −0.008 (0.009)
Model 2
 Time 0.008 (0.006) 0.036 (0.010) −0.030 (0.009) 0.044 (0.010)
 Agea −0.034 (0.002) −0.036 (0.002) −0.024 (0.002) −0.036 (0.002)
 Age × Time −0.006 (0.001) −0.004 (0.001) −0.001 (0.001) −0.009 (0.001)
Model 3
 Time −0.001 (0.013) 0.044 (0.021)* −0.049 (0.019) 0.006 (0.021)
 Age −0.029 (0.002) −0.031 (0.002) −0.018 (0.002) −0.032 (0.002)
 Age × Time −0.006 (0.002) −0.004 (0.001) −0.001 (0.001) −0.009 (0.001)
 Male 0.080 (0.024) −0.027 (0.033) 0.198 (0.034) 0.068 (0.031)*
 Male × Time −0.005 (0.012) −0.002 (0.019) −0.043 (0.017)* 0.013 (0.019)
 Education 0.087 (0.002) 0.083 (0.003) 0.093 (0.003) 0.091 (0.003)
 Education × Time −0.004 (0.001) −0.012 (0.002) 0.001 (0.002) −0.002 (0.002)
 Income 0.039 (0.011) 0.037 (0.015) 0.030 (0.015)* 0.057 (0.014)
 Income × Time 0.003 (0.005) −0.006 (0.008) 0.016 (0.008)* 0.015 (0.009)
 Marital status −0.033 (0.029) −0.025 (0.040) −0.010 (0.041) −0.027 (0.039)
 Marital status × Time −0.003 (0.014) −0.011 (0.023) −0.028 (0.021) 0.027 (0.024)
 Medical conditions −0.008 (0.008) −0.012 (0.011) 0.005 (0.012) −0.013 (0.011)
 Medical conditions × Time 0.006 (0.004) 0.012 (0.007) 0.005 (0.006) 0.001 (0.007)

Note: aAge was centered at 72.

*p < .05. p < .01. p < .001.