Table 2.
Linear mixed models examining the association between health-related profiles in brain aging and change in composite cognitive function and frailty index (FI).
| Unadjusted | Adjusted | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ab (95% CI) | p | ab (95% CI) | p | |
| Resilient (n=159): | ||||
| Composite cognitive function | ||||
| Class R2 vs R1 | 0.03 (−0.002, 0.06) | 0.07 | 0.04 (0.003, 0.07) | 0.03* |
| FI | ||||
| Class R2 vs R1 | −0.001 (−0.01, 0.01) | 0.84 | −0.001 (−0.01, 0.004) | 0.69 |
| Advanced (n=167): | ||||
| Composite cognitive function | ||||
| Class R2 vs R1 | 0.01 (−0.04, 0.05) | 0.78 | 0.01 (−0.04, 0.05) | 0.84 |
| FI | ||||
| Class R2 vs R1 | 0.003 (−0.003, 0.01) | 0.33 | 0.003 (−0.003, 0.01) | 0.33 |
*p < 0.05. Models were adjusted for chronological age, sex and education. aUnstandardized beta-coefficient of the two-way interaction between class membership and time, which represents the difference in the rate of change in cognition and frailty between class 2 relative to class 1.