Cumulative impact of health deficits, social vulnerabilities, and protective factors on cognitive dynamics in late life: a multistate modeling approach

Table 1 Data characterization at baseline for the full cohort and stratification by mortality status at follow-ups (3 and 6 years)

	n	Age (years)	Education (years)	Frailty index	Social vulnerability index	Protection index	CASI error at baseline
Full cohort	3,845	77.9 (4.7)	10.5 (3.2)	0.15 (0.09)	0.25 (0.13)	0.36 (0.12)	17.8 (16.4)
Alive at first follow-up	3,347	77.4 (4.4)	10.6 (3.2)	0.14 (0.08)	0.25 (0.13)	0.37 (0.11)	15.5 (12.5)
Dead at first follow-up	498	80.9 (5.4)	9.8 (3.3)	0.19 (0.10)	0.30 (0.15)	0.30 (0.14)	33.1 (27.7)
Alive at second follow-up	2,759	76.9 (4.0)	10.7 (3.2)	0.14 (0.08)	0.24 (0.12)	0.37 (0.11)	14.1 (9.9)
Dead at second follow-up	1,086	80.3 (5.3)	10.0 (3.2)	0.18 (0.10)	0.29 (0.0.13)	0.32 (0.13)	27.4 (24.1)

Values are shown as mean (standard deviations). CASI, Cognitive Abilities Screening Instrument.

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