Table 3 Cognitive performance at the two waves of data collection (Wave 1 and Wave 2) for each telomere cohort

Immediate recall^d

40+

350

8.21 ± 2.18^a

351

8.33 ± 2.24^a

0.694

40+ Men

155

7.69 ± 1.97^a

155

7.74 ± 2.05^a

0.612

40+ Women

195

8.63 ± 2.26^a

196

8.80 ± 2.27^a

0.665

60+

295

7.51 ± 2.13^a

293

7.16 ± 1.99^a

0.049*

60+ Men

158

7.11 ± 2.05^a

157

6.86 ± 1.86^a

0.307

60+ Women

137

7.96 ± 2.14^a

136

7.51 ± 2. 08^a

0.102

SDMT^e

40+

349

61.30 ± 8.79^a

350

60.94 ± 8.59^a

0.966

40+ Men

155

60.70 ± 8.65^a

155

60.45 ± 8.67^a

0.442

40+ Women

194

61.78 ± 8.89^a

195

61.32 ± 8.54^a

0.416

60+

294

51.40 ± 8.00^a

293

50.58 ± 8.23^a

0.058

60+ Men

158

51.42 ± 7.65^a

156

50.93 ± 7.71^a

0.059

60+ Women

136

51.38 ± 8.41^a

137

50.19 ± 8.79^a

0.292

Simple RT

40+

342

0.224 [0.206-0.245]^b

342

0.226 [0.210-0.250]^b

0.833

40+ Men

150

0.216 [0.200-0.234]^b

150

0.223 [0.207-0.243]^b

0.553

40+ Women

192

0.228 [0.211-0.257]^b

192

0.232 [0.213-0.260]^b

0.390

60+

285

0.238 [0.218-0.267]

285

0.252 [0.228-0.290]^b

0..498

60+ Men

150

0.234 [0.213-0.254]^b

154

0.243 [0.223-0.285]^b

0.354

60+ Women

135

0.252 [0.221-0.281]^b

131

0.260 [0.235-0.302]^b

0.117

Choice RT

40+

338

0.283 [0.266-0.306]^b

341

0.288 [0.263-0.310]^b

0.700

40+ Men

150

0.278 [0.262-0.300]^b

149

0.278 [0.259-0.302]^b

0.784

40+ Women

188

0.287 [0.269-0.312]^b

192

0.295 [0.265-0.316]^b

0.615

60+

283

0.314 [0.291-0.334]^b

285

0.318 [0.288-0.349]^b

0.068

60+ Men

149

0.315 [0.289-0.330]^b

154

0.317 [0.283-0.345]^b

0.989

60+ Women

134

0.313 [0.292-0.338]^b

131

0.318 [0.294-0.354]^b

0.029*