Successful Aging and Longevity in Older Old Women: The Role of Depression and Cognition

Table 3

Results of logistic regression analyses predicting death at 2002, 2004, 2006, and 2008 waves based on depressive symptoms and incidence of cognitive decline.

Predicting death in 2002					Predicting death in 2004
	𝐵	SE	Wald	Exp(𝐵) 95% CI		𝐵	SE	Wald	Exp(𝐵) 95% CI
2000 CVB	.54	.11	26.83^ψ	1.40–2.11	2002 CVB	.43	.12	11.97^ψ	1.21–1.97
2000 CESD	.08	.04	3.90*	1.00–1.18	2002 CESD	.17	.05	13.71^ψ	1.09–1.31
1998–2000 TICS >1SD	.40	.23	2.92^§	.94–2.33	2000–2002 TICS >1SD	.76	.27	8.11^+	1.27–3.61
Constant	−2.49	.18	183.52^ψ		Constant	−2.68	.22	146.83^ψ
Predicting death in 2006					Predicting death in 2008
	B	SE	Wald	Exp(𝐵) 95% CI		B	SE	Wald	Exp(𝐵) 95% CI
2004 CVB	.22	.14	2.61	.95–1.64	2006 CVB	.44	.17	6.93^+	1.12–2.16
2004 CESD	.03	.06	0.29	.92–1.15	2006 CESD	.07	.07	1.09	0.94–1.22
2002–2004 TICS > 1SD	.39	.34	1.36	.77–2.85	2004–2006 TICS > 1SD	1.12	.43	6.86^+	1.33–7.06
Constant	−1.79	.22	64.51		Constant	−2.15	.30	50.13^ψ

Note. CVB: cerebrovascular burden. CESD: Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale. TICS: Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status. TICS Drop reflects incidence of decline on TICS score greater than 6 points between waves as indicated.
^§𝑃=.088, *𝑃<.05. ⁺𝑃<.01, ^ψ𝑃<.001, df = 1 for all comparisons.