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. 2019 Jun 6;75(6):1206–1213. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glz147

Table 2.

Adjusted Changes and 95% CIs in Predicted Global Cognitive Functioning, Delayed and Immediate Word Recall, and Working Memory With Incident Multimorbidity for Each 1-Point Increase in the Multimorbidity-Weighted Index, 2000–2014

TICSm Delayed word recall Immediate word recall Serial 7s test
Model 1
Regression coefficient
(95% CI)
p-value
Model 2
Regression coefficient
(95% CI)
p-value
Model 1
Regression coefficient
(95% CI)
p-value
Model 2
Regression coefficient
(95% CI)
p-value
Model 1
Regression coefficient
(95% CI)
p-value
Model 2
Regression coefficient
(95% CI)
p-value
Model 1
Regression coefficient
(95% CI)
p-value
Model 2
Regression
coefficient
(95% CI)
p-value
Time −0.21
(−0.21, −0.20)
p < .001
−0.18
(−0.20, −0.18)
p < .001
−0.08
(−0.09, −0.08)
p < .001
−0.08
(−0.08, −0.08)
p < .001
−0.07
(−0.08, −0.07)
p < .001
−0.05
(−0.07, −0.06)
p < .001
−0.03
(−0.03, −0.03)
p < .001
−0.03
(−0.03, −0.02)
p < .001
Multimorbidity-weighted index −0.034
(−0.043, −0.029)
p < .001
−0.015
(−0.025, −0.006)
p = .002
−0.014
(−0.018, −0.011)
p < .001
−0.011
(−0.016, −0.006)
p < .001
−0.014
(−0.016, −0.011)
p < .001
−0.006
(−0.010, −0.002)
p = .002
−0.009
(−0.012, −0.007)
p < .001
−0.002
(−0.006, 0.002)
p = .36
MWI * Time N/A −0.003
(−0.004, −0.002)
p < .001
N/A −0.001
(−0.001, 0.000)
p = .06
N/A −0.001
(−0.002, −0.001)
p < .001
N/A −0.001
(−0.002, −0.001)
p < .001
Age −0.13
(−0.13, −0.12)
p < .001
−0.13
(−0.13, −0.12)
p < .001
−0.07
(−0.07, −0.07)
p < .001
−0.07
(−0.07, −0.07)
p < .001
−0.06
(−0.06, −0.05)
p < .001
−0.06
(−0.06, −0.05)
p < .001
−0.02
(−0.02, −0.01)
p < .001
−0.02
(−0.02, −0.02)
p < .001
Intercept 15.08
(14.64, 15.53)
p < .001
15.02
(14.58, 15.47)
p < .001
6.71
(6.52, 6.91)
p < .001
6.71
(6.51, 6.90)
p < .001
6.71
(6.54, 6.88)
p < .001
6.69
(6.52, 6.86)
p < .001
2.63
(2.47, 2.78)
p < .001
2.61
(2.46, 2.76)
p < .001
Log likelihood −186536.1 −186518.4 −137414.5 −137412.7 −124727.5 −124716.2 −117160.6 −117146.7

Notes: N = 14,265 participants, n = 73,700 observations.

CI = confidence interval; MWI = multimorbidity-weighted index; N/A = not applicable; TICSm = Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status, modified.

Model 1: MWI, covariates (age (years), sex, race/ethnicity (white, black, Hispanic, other), education (<12, 12, 13–15, ≥16 years, household net wealth (≤$14,000, $14,001–$113,000, $113,001–$323,700, ≥$323,701), marital status/living arrangement (married or living with partner, living with someone other than partner, living alone), BMI (<18.5, 18.5–24.9, 25–29.9, ≥30 kg/m2, smoking status (never, past, current), alcohol use (never, former, 1 drink/week, >1 drink/week), physical activity (≥1 vigorous physical activity/week), years since baseline), respective cognitive functioning measure at baseline.

Model 2: additionally adjusted for interaction between MWI and time.