Table 2.

Results from random effects regression models of MMSE in patients with Alzheimer’s disease (N = 990)

	Full sample (N = 990)		No baseline short-delay recall (N = 678)		Any baseline short-delay recall (N = 312)
Predictor	Estimate	95% CI	Estimate	95% CI	Estimate	95% CI
Intercept	16.55*	(16.20, 16.90)	15.07*	(14.64, 15.50)	19.69*	(19.16, 20.22)
Annual rate of change	−2.02*	(−2.29, −1.75)	−2.05*	(−2.38, −1.72)	−2.01*	(−2.50, −1.52)
Retest effect	0.61*	(0.43, 0.79)	0.51*	(0.29, 0.73)	0.83*	(0.50, 1.16)
Female sex	−1.59*	(−2.33, −0.85)	−1.76*	(−2.58, −0.94)	−1.1	(1.06, −3.26)
Baseline age (per 10 years)	−0.42*	(−0.83, −0.01)	−0.11	(−0.64, 0.42)	−0.14	(0.13, −0.41)
Non-white race	0.01	(−1.26, 1.28)	−0.54	(−2.09, 1.01)	1.7	(−1.63, 5.03)

*P < 0.05.