Table 3.
Multilevel Models of Time-varying Life Satisfaction Predicting Cognitive Functioning
| Fixed effects | Coefficient (SE) | p |
|---|---|---|
| Cognitive functioning | ||
| Intercept | 26.45 (0.08) | <.0001 |
| Age | −0.15 (0.003) | <.0001 |
| Gender | −0.80 (0.06) | <.0001 |
| Education | 0.74 (0.03) | <.0001 |
| Slope | ||
| Linear time | −0.21 (0.01) | <.0001 |
| Depressive symptoms, 0–10 | −0.18 (0.01) | <.0001 |
| Hypertension | −0.17 (0.05) | .001 |
| Diabetes | −0.24 (0.06) | .0002 |
| Heart-related disease | −0.18 (0.09) | .04 |
| ADL, 0–7 | −1.41 (0.03) | <.0001 |
| Exercise | 0.47 (0.04) | <.0001 |
| Smoking | 0.11 (0.06) | .07 |
| Social contact, 1–10 | 0.10 (0.01) | <.0001 |
| Time-varying LS, 0–100 | 0.01 (0.001) | <.0001 |
Notes: ADL = activities of daily living (functional limitations); LS = life satisfaction; SE = standard error. N = 8,016 (N = 5 missing education). Gender: 0 = men and 1 = women. Age, gender, and education were from baseline, and all other covariates were time-varying.