Table 4 Results of the adjusted mixed-effects model for the effect of area-based socioeconomic deprivation (NZDep) on cognitive functioning (ACE-R).

From: Higher socioeconomic deprivation in areas predicts cognitive decline in New Zealanders without cognitive impairment

Term

Coefficient

95%CI

SE

z

P-value

Fixed Effects

     

NZDep

-0.08

-0.17; -0.01

0.04

-1.96

0.050

Time

-0.54

-1.08; -0.003

0.27

-1.97

0.049

NZDep x Time*

-0.12

-0.22; -0.03

0.05

-2.47

0.013

Age

0.10

-0.50; 0.71

0.31

0.33

0.742

Age²

-0.001

-0.006; 0.003

0.002

-0.58

0.563

Gender (ref. male)

Female

0.96

0.50; 1.41

0.23

4.16

< 0.001

Education (ref. university degree)

     

No qualifications

-3.54

-4.30; -2.77

0.39

-9.10

< 0.001

Secondary school qualification

-1.62

-2.25; -0.99

0.32

-5.04

< 0.001

Post-secondary cert or diploma

-1.04

-1.60; -0.49

0.28

-3.68

< 0.001

Ethnicity (ref. Non-Māori)

Māori

-0.29

-0.80; 0.21

0.26

-1.13

0.259

Marital status (ref. married / partner)

Single / no partner

-0.07

-0.56; 0.43

0.25

-0.27

0.790

Employment (ref. employed)

Retired

Unemployed, other

-0.09

0.27

-0.72; 0.55

-0.51; 1.06

0.32

0.40

-0.27

0.68

0.790

0.495

Net annual personal income (per 5 percentile increase)

0.01

-0.03; 0.06

0.02

0.58

0.561

LIBRA

-0.16

-0.30; -0.02

0.07

-2.20

0.028

Social loneliness

-0.03

-0.15; 0.09

0.06

-0.52

0.601

Intercept

95.31

76.81;113.82

9.4

10.10

< 0.001

Random Effects

     

Intercept

1.40

1.29; 1.51

0.06

  

Residuals

2.44

2.31; 2.58

0.07

  

Model Fit

     

Number of obs

1,482

    

Number of groups

783

    

AIC

7,778.22

    

BIC

7,878.91

    

ICC

0.25

    
  1. *indicating cognitive decline.
  2. Significant values are in bold.