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Table 6 Results of subgroup analysis and effects stratified by education and gender

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

 

All gender

Males

Females

 

Primary school

Middle school

high school

Primary school

Middle school

high school

Primary school

Middle school

high school

 

and below

 

and above

and below

 

and above

and below

 

and above

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

CHEI score

0.039

0.072\(^{*}\)

-0.016

-0.030

0.088\(^{*}\)

-0.040

0.112\(^{***}\)

0.051

0.057

 

(0.023)

(0.033)

(0.031)

(0.033)

(0.042)

(0.038)

(0.031)

(0.056)

(0.056)

Age

-0.106\(^{***}\)

-0.159\(^{***}\)

-0.159\(^{***}\)

-0.104\(^{***}\)

-0.175\(^{***}\)

-0.143\(^{***}\)

-0.106\(^{***}\)

-0.155\(^{***}\)

-0.198\(^{***}\)

 

(0.015)

(0.026)

(0.023)

(0.022)

(0.032)

(0.028)

(0.022)

(0.045)

(0.043)

Urban/Rural

0.660\(^{**}\)

0.965\(^{**}\)

1.025\(^{**}\)

0.648

1.268\(^{**}\)

1.077\(^{*}\)

0.586

0.619

0.897

 

(0.249)

(0.366)

(0.356)

(0.381)

(0.469)

(0.431)

(0.334)

(0.600)

(0.682)

Log(income)

-0.104

0.014

0.796\(^{***}\)

0.203

0.055

0.775\(^{**}\)

-0.413\(^{**}\)

-0.012

0.992\(^{*}\)

 

(0.101)

(0.185)

(0.220)

(0.141)

(0.219)

(0.269)

(0.145)

(0.363)

(0.398)

BMI

0.069

0.061

0.337

0.162

-0.098

0.314

0.032

0.339

0.466

 

(0.129)

(0.208)

(0.198)

(0.186)

(0.264)

(0.251)

(0.179)

(0.335)

(0.347)

ADL disability

-1.412\(^{**}\)

-0.860

-0.502

-2.182\(^{**}\)

-0.758

-0.511

-0.736

-1.430

-0.101

 

(0.490)

(1.026)

(0.972)

(0.725)

(1.323)

(1.398)

(0.667)

(1.629)

(1.386)

Physical activity

0.002

-0.004

-0.002

0.003

-0.003

0.000

0.000

-0.002

-0.014

 

(0.003)

(0.005)

(0.008)

(0.003)

(0.005)

(0.009)

(0.005)

(0.010)

(0.023)

Drinker

-0.121

0.507

0.125

-0.238

0.403

-0.021

-0.105

-0.130

1.404

 

(0.257)

(0.363)

(0.356)

(0.296)

(0.402)

(0.402)

(0.630)

(1.622)

(1.071)

Smoker

0.551\(^{*}\)

0.789\(^{*}\)

-0.008

0.686\(^{*}\)

0.483

0.128

-0.427

1.599

-0.333

 

(0.243)

(0.350)

(0.369)

(0.300)

(0.411)

(0.418)

(0.541)

(1.074)

(1.187)

Diabetes

-1.117

0.143

-0.844

0.203

0.313

-0.829

-1.675\(^{*}\)

-0.373

-0.826

 

(0.649)

(0.772)

(0.600)

(1.160)

(1.073)

(0.712)

(0.793)

(1.108)

(1.173)

Hypertension

-1.058\(^{***}\)

0.190

-0.165

-0.731

0.145

-0.003

-1.316\(^{***}\)

0.384

-0.517

 

(0.278)

(0.407)

(0.354)

(0.425)

(0.509)

(0.432)

(0.371)

(0.677)

(0.650)

Constant

20.920\(^{***}\)

21.420\(^{***}\)

20.560\(^{***}\)

22.160\(^{***}\)

21.580\(^{***}\)

21.050\(^{***}\)

19.410\(^{***}\)

22.030\(^{***}\)

17.030\(^{***}\)

 

(1.675)

(2.588)

(2.427)

(2.467)

(3.282)

(2.974)

(2.353)

(4.195)

(4.446)

Observations

1,765

632

711

867

430

489

898

202

222

R-squared

0.059

0.082

0.103

0.061

0.094

0.082

0.062

0.078

0.139

  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