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Table 4 The effect of individual CHEI scores on cognition function

From: The impact of diet quality on cognitive ability of Chinese older adults: evidence from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS)

 

OLS

FE

IV

IVFE

CHEI score

0.024\(^{**}\)

0.023\(^{*}\)

0.037\(^{*}\)

0.035\(^{*}\)

 

(0.009)

(0.009)

(0.016)

(0.016)

Age

-0.128\(^{***}\)

-0.128\(^{***}\)

-0.128\(^{***}\)

-0.128\(^{***}\)

 

(0.011)

(0.011)

(0.011)

(0.011)

Gender

-0.267

-0.269

-0.281

-0.283

 

(0.181)

(0.181)

(0.182)

(0.182)

Urban/Rural

0.878\(^{***}\)

0.894\(^{***}\)

0.864\(^{***}\)

0.879\(^{***}\)

 

(0.178)

(0.178)

(0.179)

(0.179)

Education

0.595\(^{***}\)

0.585\(^{***}\)

0.573\(^{***}\)

0.563\(^{***}\)

 

(0.108)

(0.108)

(0.110)

(0.110)

Log(income)

0.063

0.061

0.036

0.034

 

(0.077)

(0.077)

(0.082)

(0.082)

BMI

0.104

0.099

0.097

0.093

 

(0.096)

(0.096)

(0.096)

(0.096)

ADL disability

-1.254\(^{**}\)

-1.216\(^{**}\)

-1.224\(^{**}\)

-1.188\(^{**}\)

 

(0.400)

(0.400)

(0.400)

(0.401)

Physical activity

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

(0.002)

(0.002)

(0.002)

(0.002)

Drinker

-0.028

-0.035

-0.023

-0.029

 

(0.191)

(0.190)

(0.190)

(0.191)

Smoker

0.337

0.339

0.339

0.341

 

(0.186)

(0.186)

(0.186)

(0.186)

Diabetes

-0.636

-0.629

-0.663

-0.657

 

(0.388)

(0.388)

(0.388)

(0.389)

Hypertension

-0.548\(^{**}\)

-0.551\(^{**}\)

-0.559\(^{**}\)

-0.562\(^{**}\)

 

(0.194)

(0.194)

(0.194)

(0.194)

Constant

21.960\(^{***}\)

22.050\(^{***}\)

21.440\(^{***}\)

21.540\(^{***}\)

 

(1.072)

(1.073)

(1.194)

(1.199)

Observations

3,108

3,108

3,108

3,108

R-squared

0.093

0.091

0.093

0.093

ID FE

N

Y

N

Y

YEAR FE

N

Y

N

Y

  1. Standard errors in parentheses \(^{***} p<\)0.001, \(^{**} p<\)0.01, \(^{*} p<\)0.05
  2. CHEI Chinese Healthy Eating Index, BMI Body Mass Index, ADL The Activities of Daily Living, FE fixed effect