Appendix.

Table 4Full table of Marginal effects from generalized linear Regression Models Predicting Cognitive Decline in Puerto Rican older adults (Wave 1- Wave 2), PREHCO (2002, 2006).

	Pooled				Males							Females
	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3	Model 4	Model 1	Model 2		Model 3		Model 4		Model 1		Model 2		Model 3		Model 4
Color/Race (reference: white)
Negro/a	0.37	0.31	0.31	0.37	0.78+	0.72+		0.74+		0.87*		0.0056		−0.10		−0.11		−0.11
	(0.27)	(0.26)	(0.27)	(0.27)	(0.42)	(0.39)		(0.40)		(0.41)		(0.36)		(0.35)		(0.35)		(0.34)
Trigueño/a or Mulato/a	0.12	0.12	0.049	0.068	0.20	0.23		0.21		0.24		0.063		0.040		−0.032		−0.032
	(0.16)	(0.15)	(0.15)	(0.16)	(0.26)	(0.25)		(0.25)		(0.25)		(0.19)		(0.19)		(0.19)		(0.19)
Mestizo/a	−0.54+	−0.52+	−0.54+	−0.50+	−0.29	−0.13		−0.16		−0.023		−0.80*		−0.80*		−0.77*		−0.77*
	(0.31)	(0.31)	(0.31)	(0.30)	(0.49)	(0.46)		(0.46)		(0.42)		(0.34)		(0.35)		(0.34)		(0.34)
Own education (reference: 6th grade or less)
7-12th grade			−0.16	−0.15				−0.15		−0.14						−0.081		−0.081
			(0.18)	(0.18)				(0.32)		(0.32)						(0.21)		(0.21)
More than 12th grade			−0.77***	−0.76***				−0.41		−0.38						−0.97***		−0.97***
			(0.21)	(0.21)				(0.38)		(0.38)						(0.23)		(0.23)
Father literacy (reference: father not literate)
Father literate			0.19	0.21				0.29		0.34						0.13		0.13
			(0.19)	(0.19)				(0.30)		(0.30)						(0.22)		(0.22)
Father literacy unknown			0.25	0.14				0.41		0.43						−0.030		−0.029
			(0.38)	(0.38)				(0.70)		(0.70)						(0.42)		(0.42)
Perceived Color Discrimination				−0.48						−0.95+								0.0098
				(0.37)						(0.57)								(0.36)
Socio-demographic variables
Female	0.31*	0.21	0.21	0.20
	(0.16)	(0.17)	(0.17)	(0.17)
Age	−0.45*	−0.45*	−0.41*	−0.41*	−0.83*		−0.86**		−0.81*		−0.78*		−0.26		−0.27		−0.25		−0.25
	(0.18)	(0.17)	(0.17)	(0.18)	(0.33)		(0.33)		(0.32)		(0.33)		(0.20)		(0.19)		(0.19)		(0.19)
Age squared	0.0037**	0.0036**	0.0034**	0.0034**	0.0063**		0.0065**		0.0062**		0.0060**		0.0023+		0.0024+		0.0022+		0.0022+
	(0.0012)	(0.0012)	(0.0012)	(0.0012)	(0.0023)		(0.0023)		(0.0023)		(0.0023)		(0.0014)		(0.0013)		(0.0013)		(0.0013)
Foreign-born	−0.42	−0.38	−0.34	−0.33	−0.71		−0.76		−0.76		−0.78		−0.19		−0.20		−0.14		−0.15
	(0.34)	(0.34)	(0.33)	(0.33)	(0.63)		(0.62)		(0.61)		(0.60)		(0.39)		(0.38)		(0.37)		(0.37)
Rural childhood	0.14	0.11	−0.029	−0.039	−0.11	−0.12		−0.17		−0.19		0.34+		0.27		0.10		0.10
	(0.15)	(0.15)	(0.16)	(0.16)	(0.25)	(0.24)		(0.26)		(0.26)		(0.18)		(0.17)		(0.19)		(0.19)
Married	−0.083	−0.088	−0.076	−0.079	−0.025	−0.030		−0.015		−0.0091		−0.13		−0.15		−0.13		−0.13
	(0.16)	(0.16)	(0.16)	(0.16)	(0.27)	(0.26)		(0.27)		(0.27)		(0.18)		(0.18)		(0.18)		(0.18)
Health conditions & behaviors
Diabetes		0.37*	0.38*	0.39*		0.74**		0.75**		0.77**				0.13		0.14		0.14
		(0.17)	(0.17)	(0.16)		(0.27)		(0.27)		(0.26)				(0.21)		(0.20)		(0.20)
Hypertension		0.0072	0.021	0.024		−0.47*		−0.46+		−0.46+				0.36+		0.38*		0.38*
		(0.15)	(0.15)	(0.15)		(0.24)		(0.24)		(0.24)				(0.19)		(0.19)		(0.19)
Ever smoke		−0.064	−0.077	−0.067		−0.17		−0.18		−0.16				0.084		0.057		0.057
		(0.17)	(0.16)	(0.16)		(0.23)		(0.23)		(0.22)				(0.22)		(0.21)		(0.21)
Exercise		−0.33*	−0.25+	−0.25+		−0.021		0.0070		−0.0031				−0.55**		−0.44*		−0.44*
		(0.15)	(0.15)	(0.15)		(0.24)		(0.23)		(0.23)				(0.18)		(0.18)		(0.18)
N	2681	2681	2681	2681	1013	1013		1013		1013		1668		1668		1668		1668

Notes: Weighted analysis. Standard errors in parentheses. + p < 0.10; *p < 0.05 ; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.