Table 2 3-factor latent cognitive structure of the two age groups as indicated by exploratory factor analysis. Columns 2 and 3 for the older adults’ group were swapped for easier comparison between the groups. vpa_imm_tot: Verbal Paired associates Immediate Recall, vpa_delay: Verbal Paired associates delayed Recall, vpa_fr_delay: Verbal Paired associates delayed Free Recall, associative_recall: Associative Recall, nihcog_rey: NIH Cognition Rey Auditory Verbal Learning: Immediate Recall, nihcog_psm: NIH Cognition Picture Sequence Memory, shipley_vocab: Shipley Vocabulary, nihcog_orr: NIH Cognition Oral Reading Recognition, nihcog_pva: NIH Cognition Picture Vocabulary, nihcog_lswm: NIH Cognition List Sorting Working Memory, nihcog_dccs: NIH Cognition Dimensional Change Card Sort, nihcog_flanker: NIH Cognition Flanker Inhibitory Control and attention, trails_b.A: trail making Task: B-A, sdmt_oral: symbol digits modality test.

From: The validity of studying healthy aging with cognitive tests measuring different constructs

 

Young Adults Group

Older Adults Group

Factor1

Factor2

Factor3

Factor1

Factor2

Factor3

vpa_imm_tot

0.79

-0.102

-0.107

0.998

0.006

-0.239

vpa_delay

0.741

-0.191

-0.04

0.935

-0.019

-0.206

vpa_fr_delay

0.446

-0.041

-0.079

0.771

0.056

-0.050

associative_recall

0.551

0.228

0

0.759

0.075

0.030

nihcog_rey

0.599

-0.035

0.096

0.505

-0.054

0.267

nihcog_psm

0.515

0.034

-0.009

0.362

-0.064

0.252

shipley_vocab

-0.099

0.837

-0.034

0.068

0.867

-0.091

nihcog_orr

-0.096

0.562

0.067

-0.018

0.622

0.178

nihcog_pva

-0.103

0.863

-0.093

0.001

0.731

-0.075

nihcog_lswm

0.152

0.498

0.088

0.084

0.032

0.307

nihcog_dccs

-0.008

-0.114

0.722

-0.090

-0.037

0.690

nihcog_flanker

-0.091

-0.006

0.768

-0.155

-0.001

0.685

trails_b_a

0.015

0.239

-0.068

-0.023

0.049

0.296

sdmt_oral

0.363

0.181

0.185

0.008

-0.069

0.589

Eigenvalues

2.494

2.214

1.201

3.471

1.698

1.758

Proportional variance

0.178

0.158

0.086

0.248

0.121

0.126

Cumulative variances

0.178

0.336

0.422

0.248

0.369

0.495

Cronbach alpha

0.77

0.73

0.7

0.86

0.78

0.62