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Table 6 Standardized coefficients for covariates in the adjusted structural latent growth model

From: Prospective associations between pulse pressure and cognitive performance in Chinese middle-aged and older population across a 5-year study period

Covariates	PP		Cognitive score
Covariates	Initial status	Slope	Initial status	Slope
Age	0.38^a	0.03	− 0.11^a	− 0.23^a
Sex	0.04^a	− 0.06	− 0.11^a	0.17^a
BMI	0.05^a	0.02	− 0.11^a	0.03^a
Education level	− 0.09^a	0.02	0.60^a	0.27^a
Marital status	0.07^a	− 0.05	− 0.02^a	− 0.05
Smoking	− 0.03^a	0.05	0.02	0.03
Alcohol use	− 0.01^a	− 0.04	0.01	− 0.10
Hukou status	0.00	− 0.02	0.08^a	0.03
Living status before age 16	0.00	− 0.04	0.05^a	− 0.05
Health status before age 16	0.01	− 0.05	− 0.05^a	0.15^a
Hypertension	− 0.31^a	0.06	− 0.00	− 0.08
Diabetes or high blood sugar	0.01	− 0.06	− 0.03^a	− 0.03^a
Psychiatric problems	0.03^a	0.01	0.03^a	− 0.07
Memory-related disease	0.03^a	− 0.02	0.01	0.09
Stroke	0.03^a	− 0.11^a	− 0.00	0.04
Glucose	0.07^a	0.05	0.07^a	0.05
Glycosylated hemoglobin	− 0.03	− 0.01	− 0.03	− 0.01
Total cholesterol	0.05^a	− 0.01	0.05^a	− 0.01

BMI Body mass index, PP Pulse pressure, Hukou is the registration system in China created in 1955 to restrict internal population movement, especially rural-to-urban migration, divided Chinese into two categories: agricultural hukou (rural hukou) and non‐agricultural hukou (urban hukou)
^aStatistical significance

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