Baseline cognition is the best predictor of 4-year cognitive change in cognitively intact older adults

Table 2 Factor analysis of the baseline neuropsychological test results

	Factor 1	Factor 2
Eigenvalue	2.14	1.79
Variance explained (%)	21.0	18.0
Cumulative variance explained (%)	21.0	39.0
BSRT TR	0.98	0.12
BSRT DR	0.79	0.11
AVF	0.04	0.65
LVF	0.16	0.62
AVLT TL	0.59	0.32
BNT	0.01	0.58
RPM	0.30	0.47
AVLT %DR	0.28	−0.03
PALPA49	−0.05	0.41
TMT B/A	−0.13	−0.35

First column: Tests. Column 2–3: Standardized factor loadings. Loadings greater than 0.7 are marked in bold. Abbreviations: For abbreviations, see Table 1. Model fit parameters were within recommended norms: empirical chi-square 29.04, P <0.31, Comparative Fit index = 0.98 (>0.9) and RMSEA index = 0.045

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