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Table 2 Multilevel regression estimates of the factors associated with cognitive function among Baby Boomers and pre-Boomers, Taiwan, 2006

From: General cognitive status among Baby boomers and pre-boomers in Taiwan: the interplay between mid-life socioeconomic status and city residence

 

Baby Boomers (born 1946–1964)

Pre-Boomers (born before 1946)

All cohorts

Est.

SE

Est.

SE

Est.

SE

Explanatory variables

 Mid-life SES (ref = Low)

  Medium

   

1.98

**

0.51

2.07

**

0.45

  High

2.81

**

0.50

3.56

**

0.55

3.61

**

0.47

 Residence in 2006 (ref = town residence)

         

  City residence

1.47

**

0.49

−0.15

 

0.46

0.05

 

0.35

 Mid-life SES-city residence interaction

 High mid-life SES × City residence

−2.12

**

0.62

      

APOE4 allele (ref = non-carrier)

         

 Carrier

−0.44

 

0.45

−0.11

 

0.46

−0.16

 

0.33

 Unknown

−0.15

 

0.34

   

−0.04

 

0.41

Economic strain (ref = Enough)

 Just enough

−0.48

 

0.49

−0.24

 

0.63

−0.28

 

0.41

 Some difficulty

−0.67

 

0.61

−0.14

 

0.75

−0.32

 

0.50

 Much difficulty

−1.19

 

0.96

−0.53

 

0.95

−0.62

 

0.68

Family living arrangement

 Living with partners (ref = No)

1.25

**

0.38

1.18

**

0.37

1.27

**

0.27

 Living with grandchildren (ref = No)

−0.47

 

0.34

−1.25

**

0.33

−1.01

**

0.24

Family stressor (ref = 0)

 1

−0.54

 

0.37

0.32

 

0.50

−0.07

 

0.32

 2 and more

0.49

 

0.37

0.88

*

0.42

0.78

**

0.29

Weekly exercise (ref = 2–5 times)

 less than 1 time

−0.54

 

0.35

−1.72

**

0.48

−1.09

**

0.31

 6+ times

−0.35

 

0.41

−0.85

 

0.52

−0.46

 

0.34

Depressive symptoms

−0.03

 

0.03

−0.16

**

0.03

−0.04

 

0.04

Female gender (ref = Male)

−0.75

*

0.29

−1.17

**

0.35

−0.95

 

0.23

Ethnicity (ref = Fukianese)

 Hakka

1.03

*

0.42

0.86

 

0.56

0.74

*

0.37

 Mainlander

1.30

*

0.60

−0.73

 

0.48

1.26

 

0.72

Cohort comparison

 Pre-Boomers (ref = Boomers)

      

−1.73

**

0.33

  Pre-Boomers × Depressive symptoms

      

−0.12

**

0.04

  Pre-Boomers × Mainlander

      

−1.97

*

0.82

  1. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01