Table 3.

Regression weights of predictors in the conditional latent growth curve models that include age, sex, years of education, magazine, and book reading as covariates.

	Verbal fluency		Episodic recall
	β1	P	β1	P
Book reading → I	0.13	<0.001	0.12	<0.001
Book reading → S	0.03	0.78	–0.06	0.27
Magazine reading → I	–0.04	0.09	–0.03	0.24
Magazine reading → S	0.11	0.22	–0.00	0.96
Age → I	–0.35	<0.001	–0.57	<0.001
Age → S	–0.60	<0.001	–0.46	<0.001
Male → I	–0.08	0.004	–0.12	<0.001
Male → S	0.08	0.36	0.08	0.13
Education → I	0.30	<0.001	0.26	<0.001
Education → S	–0.29	0.004	–0.21	<0.001

I, intercept; S, slope; β1; standardized regression weight.