Prevalence and Cognitive Bases of Subjective Memory Complaints in Older Adults: Evidence from a Community Sample

Table 2

Logistic regression predicting memory complaint (coded as 1) versus no complaint (coded as 0) as a function of sociodemographic, clinical, and cognitive variables (𝑛=455). Also included in this model are significant interaction terms between age and memory as well as education and global cognitive functioning.

Variable	Odds ratio	95% CI	𝑃 value
Age	0.872	0.775–0.981	0.023
Education	2.442	1.119–5.328	0.025
Gender	1.089	0.665–1.782	0.735
Race	1.040	0.556–1.946	0.901
Hearing	2.209	1.401–3.482	0.001
Family history	1.560	0.902–2.698	0.111
Memory diagnosis	5.781	1.064–31.417	0.042
TICS-m	1.506	1.047–2.168	0.027
HVLT	0.573	0.374–0.877	0.010
Verbal fluency	0.992	0.939–1.047	0.771
Processing speed	1.003	0.978–1.028	0.829
Age × HVLT	1.007	1.001–1.012	0.018
Education × TICS-m	0.967	0.939–0.995	0.023

For gender, 0 = female, 1 = male. For race, 0 = minority, 1 = caucasian. For hearing, 0 = no impairment, 1 = impairment. For family history, 0 = no family history, 1 = family history.
TICS-m = Modified Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status (memory items were deleted from the scale). HVLT= Hopkins Verbal Learning Test.