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. 2021 May 13;30(10):2829–2841. doi: 10.1007/s11136-021-02848-8

Table 5.

Coefficient estimates from linear mixed effects regressions for changes of the PCS and the MCS with 95% confidence intervals

Covariate/dependent variable Change in PCS Change in MCS
Body weight: share of calendar weeks exact or over-measured  − 0.003 5.87**
(− 4.79, 4.79) (1.67, 10.06)
Blood pressure: share of calendar weeks exact or over-measured 1.11 2.94*
(− 1.84, 4.05) (0.24, 5.63)

Risk group:

 RG 1: Participants free of clinically relevant mental disorders (Ref.)

 RG 2: Participants with depression  − 2.76  − 0.78  − 0.99  − 3.54
(− 8.32, 2.80) (− 5.24, 3.68) (− 5.86, 3.88) (− 7.63, 0.55)
 RG 3: Participants with MCI 0.62 0.39  − 0.79 -0.73
(− 3.68, 4.92) (− 3.21, 3.98) (− 4.55, 2.98) (− 4.02, 2.57)
 RG 4: Participants with depression and MCI 0.2 1.35 1.48 1.23
(− 6.37, 6.76) (− 4.85, 7.55) (− 4.27, 7.24) (− 4.46, 6.92)
Age group: 65–74 (Ref.)
 75–85  − 0.48 0.14 1.91  − 0.31
(− 4.70, 3.75) (− 3.02, 3.29) (− 1.79, 5.61) (− 3.20, 2.59)
 86 +   − 1.31  − 0.73  − 2.23  − 3.38
(− 7.28, 4.67) (− 5.49, 4.04) (− 7.47, 3.00) (− 7.75, 0.99)
Sex: male (Ref.)
 Female  − 0.06 0.98 1.04 0.52
(− 3.93, 3.81) (− 1.85, 3.81) (− 2.35, 4.43) (− 2.07, 3.12)
School education: Low (Ref.)
 Medium  − 1.15  − 1.08 2.39 0.83
(− 6.17, 3.86) (− 4.55, 2.38) (− 2.01, 6.78) (− 2.35, 4.01)
 High  − 1.1  − 0.79  − 0.31  − 1.68
(− 4.56, 2.36) (− 3.75, 2.17) (− 3.34, 2.72) (− 4.40, 1.03)
Marital status: alone/widowed (Ref.)
 Married/cohabiting  − 1.03 1.04  − 0.88  − 1.97
(− 4.95, 2.90) (− 1.92, 3.99) (− 4.32, 2.55) (− 4.68, 0.74)
Constant 2.63  − 0.72  − 1.02 2.16
(− 3.81, 9.06) (− 5.39, 3.96) (− 6.66, 4.61) (− 2.13, 6.45)
 Number of observations 123 180 123 180
 Number of participants 67 95 67 95
 SD of random intercept 0 0 0 0

SD standard deviation

Significance levels: *p ≤ 0.05, **p ≤ 0.01