Table 3. Effects of age, sex and survey wave on verbal fluency and delayed recall for each country compared by OLS- regression; confidence intervals estimated with 2000 bootstrap samples.
| Verbal fluency: Germany | Delayed recall: Germany | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Coeff. | StE | p | 95% CI; lower/upper limit | Coeff. | StE | p | 95% CI; lower/ upper limit |
| Age: 50–54 | Ref. = 1 | -- | -- | -- | Ref. = 1 | -- | -- | -- |
| 55–59 | -0.50 | 0.28 | 0.08 | -1.04/ 0.05 | -0.35 | 0.08 | <0.001 | -0.51/ -0.19 |
| 60–64 | -1.71 | 0.28 | <0.001 | -2.25/ -1.16 | -0.84 | 0.0 | <0.00 | -1.00/ -0.68 |
| 65–69 | -2.15 | 0.30 | <0.001 | -2.72/ -1.58 | -1.02 | 80.0 | 1<0.00 | -1.19/ -0.86 |
| 70–74 | -3.36 | 0.31 | <0.001 | -3.97/ -2.74 | -1.45 | 90.0 | 1<0.00 | -1.64/ -1.28 |
| 75–79 | -5.01 | 0.34 | <0.001 | -5.68/ -4.34 | -1.80 | 90.1 | 1<0.00 | - 2.00/- 1.61 |
| 80–84 | -6.59 | 0.45 | <0.001 | - 7.47/ -5.71 | -2.44 | 00.1 | 1<0.00 | -2.70/ -2.18 |
| 85–89 | -8.48 | 0.65 | <0.001 | -9.76/ -7.19 | -2.92 | 30.1 | 1<0.00 | -3.30/ -2.50 |
| 90+ | -9.69 | 1.27 | <0.001 | - 12.16/ -7.20 | -3.41 | 90.37 | 1<0.001 | - 4.14/ -2.68 |
| Sex:Male | Ref. = 1 | -- | -- | -- | Ref. = 1 | -- | -- | -- |
| Female | -0.25 | 0.17 | 0.14 | -0.60/ 0.08 | 0.35 | 0.05 | <0.001 | 0.25/ 0.45 |
| Survey:2004 | Ref. = 1 | -- | -- | -- | Ref. = 1 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2013 | 2.28 | 0.19 | <0.001 | 1.91/ 2.64 | 0.50 | 0.05 | <0.001 | 0.39/ 0.60 |
| Constant | 22.32 | 0.25 | <0.001 | 21.82/ 22.82 | 4.46 | 0.07 | <0.001 | 4.32/ 4.61 |
| Verbal fluency: Spain | Delayed recall: Spain | |||||||
| Age: 50–54 | Ref. = 1 | -- | -- | -- | Ref. = 1 | -- | -- | -- |
| 55–59 | -0.57 | 0.34 | 0.09 | -1.23/0.09 | -0.33 | 0.09 | <0.001 | -0.50/ -0.15 |
| 60–64 | -1.11 | 0.35 | 0.001 | -1.79/ -0.44 | -0.50 | 0.09 | <0.001 | -0.69/ -0.32 |
| 65–69 | -2.37 | 0.35 | <0.001 | -3.06/ -1.68 | -0.76 | 0.09 | <0.001 | -0.95/ -0.58 |
| 70–74 | -3.01 | 0.40 | <0.001 | - 3.73/ -2.28 | -1.14 | 0.10 | <0.001 | -1.34/ -0.95 |
| 75–79 | -4.82 | 0.40 | <0.001 | - 5.60/ -4.04 | -1.60 | 0.10 | <0.001 | -1.80/ -1.38 |
| 80–84 | -5.36 | 0.46 | <0.001 | - 6.27/ -4.45 | -1.90 | 0.13 | <0.001 | -2.14/ -1.66 |
| 85–89 | -6.84 | 0.62 | <0.001 | -8.06/ -5.62 | -2.36 | 0.17 | <0.001 | -2.69/ -2.03 |
| 90+ | -6.86 | 1.30 | <0.001 | -9.41/ -4.32 | -1.97 | 0.35 | <0.001 | -2.66/ -1.28 |
| Sex:Male | Ref. = 1 | -- | -- | -- | Ref. = 1 | -- | -- | -- |
| Female | -1.02 | 0.20 | <0.001 | -1.41/ -0.63 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.32 | -0.05/0.16 |
| Survey:2004 | Ref. = 1 | -- | -- | -- | Ref. = 1 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2013 | 2.31 | 0.20 | <0.001 | 1.92/ 2.72 | 0.80 | 0.05 | <0.001 | 0.65/ 0.87 |
| Constant | 17.83 | 0.30 | <0.001 | 17.25/ 18.42 | 3.17 | 0.08 | <0.001 | 3.02/ 3.33 |
| Verbal fluency: Sweden | Delayed recall: Sweden | |||||||
| Age: 50–54 | Ref. = 1 | -- | -- | -- | Ref. = 1 | -- | -- | -- |
| 55–59 | -0.30 | 0.33 | 0.38 | -0.94/ 0.36 | 0.33 | 0.09 | <0.001 | -0.15/ -0.16 |
| 60–64 | -0.82 | 0.33 | 0.01 | -1.47/ -0.17 | 0.52 | 0.09 | <0.001 | -0.70/ -0.34 |
| 65–69 | -2.19 | 0.33 | <0.001 | -2.84/ -1.54 | 0.80 | 0.09 | <0.001 | -0.98/ -0.62 |
| 70–74 | -3.36 | 0.36 | <0.001 | -4.07/ -2.64 | 1.32 | 0.10 | <0.001 | -1.52/ -1.13 |
| 75–79 | -5.49 | 0.40 | <0.001 | -6.27/ -4.71 | 1.60 | 0.11 | <0.001 | -1.81/ -1.39 |
| 80–84 | -7.00 | 0.48 | <0.001 | -7.94/ -6.04 | 2.20 | 0.13 | <0.001 | -2.46/ -1.95 |
| 85–89 | -8.53 | 0.64 | <0.001 | -9.79/ -7.26 | 2.87 | 0.17 | <0.001 | -3.23/ -2.53 |
| 90+ | -10.08 | 1.31 | <0.001 | -12.66/ -7.50 | 2.96 | 0.36 | <0.001 | -3.66/ -2.26 |
| Sex:Male | Ref. = 1 | -- | -- | -- | Ref. = 1 | -- | -- | -- |
| Female | 0.10 | 0.19 | 0.59 | -0.27/ 0.47 | 0.63 | 0.05 | <0.001 | 0.53/ 0.73 |
| Survey:2004 | Ref. = 1 | -- | -- | -- | Ref. = 1 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2013 | 0.13 | 0.19 | 0.49 | -0.24/ 0.50 | 0.28 | 0.05 | <0.001 | 0.18/ 0.38 |
| Constant | 24.43 | 0.28 | <0.001 | 24.87/ 25.98 | 4.53 | 0.08 | <0.001 | 4.38/ 4.68 |