Neighborhood Influences on Late Life Cognition in the ACTIVE Study
Table 3
Standardized loadings () of cognitive indicators on first-order cognitive factors. **.
Indicator variable
Interim factor
Cognitive factor*
UFOV1
UFOV
0.53**
UFOV2
UFOV
0.78**
UFOV3
UFOV
0.80**
UFOV4
UFOV
0.65**
CRT1
CRT
0.93**
CRT2
CRT
0.91**
UFOV
Speed
0.77**
CRT
Speed
0.77**
AVLT total recall
Memory
0.78**
HVLT total recall
Memory
0.82**
Rivermead total recall
Memory
0.62**
Letter series score
Reasoning
0.92**
Letter sets score
Reasoning
0.70**
Word series score
Reasoning
0.90**
Everyday problems test
Everyday cognition
0.83**
Timed Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (reverse-coded)
Everyday cognition
0.68**
Observed Tasks of Daily Living
Everyday cognition
0.69**
Vocabulary, odd items
Vocabulary
0.83**
Vocabulary, even items
Vocabulary
0.87**
Note: Speed is defined as a second-order factor since better fit was yielded when local associations among UFOV and CRT measures were captured in a first-order factor. These first-order factors were then allowed to load on a second-order speed factor. SeeSection 2for full names of tests used.