Table 3

Association of distress proneness with baseline level of function and annual rate of change in different cognitive domains, based on separate random effects models*

Cognitive domainModel termEstimateSEp Value
*Results show the effect of a 1 unit change in the distress proneness score. Age, sex, and education and their interactions with time (measured in years) were also adjusted for in each model.
Episodic memoryDistress proneness−0.0190.0080.021
Time−0.2750.032<0.001
Distress proneness × time−0.0010.0030.795
VisuoconstructionDistress proneness−0.0110.0100.264
Time−0.5240.071<0.001
Distress proneness × time−0.0110.0080.128
RepetitionDistress proneness−0.0120.0100.240
Time−0.6150.068<0.001
Distress proneness × time0.0040.0070.541
NamingDistress proneness0.0030.0110.793
Time−0.7680.084<0.001
Distress proneness × time−0.0050.0090.552
Global cognitionDistress proneness−0.0100.0080.172
Time−0.5470.054<0.001
Distress proneness × time<0.0010.0060.983