Table 4.
Effects of education on decline in cognitive function among the TLSA participants with SPMSQ errors ≤2 at baseline
| 6 years † | 10 years † | 14 years † | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| years of follow-up | aor | (95% ci) | aor | (95% ci) | aor | (95% ci) |
| Education years | ||||||
| Illiterate | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. | |||
| Literate without formal education | 0.72 | (0.39–1.32) | 0.57 | (0.31–1.08) | 0.89 | (0.46–1.74) |
| 1–6 | 0.43 | (0.28–0.67) | 0.41 | (0.26–0.64) | 0.50 | (0.31–0.83) |
| 7–12 | 0.35 | (0.17–0.72) | 0.43 | (0.22–0.82) | 0.45 | (0.23–0.89) |
| ≥13 | 0.17 | (0.04–0.79) | 0.32 | (0.12–0.85) | 0.34 | (0.12–0.93) |
†
Adjusted for age, sex, marital status, ethnicity, reading frequencies, perceived financial status, smoking, alcohol drinking, outdoor activities, physical function, diabetes, stroke, number of comorbidities, sight and number of SPMSQ errors at baseline.