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Table 2 Logistic regression analysis of demographic variables and 3MS factors associated with bilingualism at baseline

From: Bilingualism in older Mexican-American immigrants is associated with higher scores on cognitive screening

 

B

SE

Wald χ2

OR (95% CI)

p

Age

0.04

0.02

5.00

1.04 (1.01–1.07)

0.025

Education

0.22

0.04

34.80

1.25 (1.16–1.34)

<0.001

Household income

0.59

0.13

19.90

1.80 (1.39–2.33)

<0.001

CES-D score

−0.01

0.01

1.27

0.99 (0.97–1.01)

0.259

Gender

−0.50

0.22

5.17

0.61 (0.40–0.93)

0.023

3MS factors

 Memory/Fluency

−0.001

0.02

0.001

1.00 (0.95–1.05)

0.976

 Language/Executive

0.12

0.05

5.26

1.12 (1.02–1.24)

0.022

 Orientation/Visuospatial

0.07

0.04

2.64

1.08 (0.99–1.17)

0.104

 Language/Praxis

0.13

0.07

4.04

1.14 (1.00–1.30)

0.045

  1. Nagelkerke R2 = 0.425; SE standard error, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval