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Table 3 Pairwise correlations

From: Midlife perceived stress is associated with cognitive decline across three decades

 

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1. Full-scale IQ change

1.00

            

2. Verbal IQ scale change

0.82***

1.00

           

3. Performance IQ scale change

0.76***

0.25***

1.00

          

4. Sex (F = 1/M = 0)

0.08

0.07

0.05

1.00

         

5. Midlife test age

−0.03

−0.05

−0.00

−0.17**

1.00

        

6. Young adult test age

−0.05

−0.06

−0.02

−0.14*

0.33***

1.00

       

7. Retest interval

0.04

0.05

0.02

0.11

−0.16**

−0.98***

1.00

      

8. Midlife perceived stress

−0.07

0.04

−0.17**

0.26***

−0.02

−0.10

0.10

1.00

     

9. Young adult neuroticism

0.06

0.13*

0.04

0.35***

−0.10

−0.25***

0.24***

0.46***

1.00

    

10. Midlife neuroticism

0.02

0.15*

−0.14*

0.35***

−0.01

−0.05

0.05

0.60***

0.57***

1.00

   

11. Change in neuroticism

−0.10

−0.04

−0.14*

−0.10

0.05

0.14*

−0.13*

0.15*

−0.42***

0.26***

1.00

  

12. Education

−0.05

−0.08

0.01

0.03

0.02

−0.07

0.08

−0.09

−0.12*

−0.05

0.03

1.00

 

13. Parental SEP

0.09

0.06

0.08

−0.00

0.06

−0.12*

0.14*

0.03

−0.06

0.00

−0.00

0.49***

1.00

  1. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001