Table A1.
Spearman correlations between the study variables at baseline.
| GSM | NASCET | MMSE | TMT A | TMT B | TMT B-A | VFT | Z-Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BMI | rho | 0.0539 | −0.1657 | 0.0958 | 0.1893 | 0.0725 | −0.0349 | −0.1007 | −0.1094 |
| p | 0.5709 | 0.0795 | 0.3127 | 0.0446 | 0.4455 | 0.7137 | 0.2886 | 0.2486 | |
| TC | rho | −0.0516 | −0.0208 | 0.0902 | −0.015 | −0.0847 | −0.0875 | 0.1255 | 0.099 |
| p | 0.5873 | 0.8268 | 0.3422 | 0.8751 | 0.3724 | 0.3566 | 0.1855 | 0.2969 | |
| HDL | rho | 0.0772 | 0.0744 | 0.1279 | −0.1338 | −0.2102 | −0.1605 | 0.1372 | 0.1916 |
| p | 0.4162 | 0.4337 | 0.177 | 0.1577 | 0.0255 | 0.0894 | 0.1474 | 0.042 | |
| LDL | rho | −0.0045 | −0.0485 | 0.0871 | −0.0397 | −0.0881 | −0.0744 | 0.1391 | 0.1095 |
| p | 0.9621 | 0.6099 | 0.3588 | 0.6764 | 0.3535 | 0.4337 | 0.1418 | 0.2484 | |
| TG | rho | −0.1173 | −0.0069 | −0.0828 | 0.1217 | 0.1478 | 0.113 | −0.0987 | −0.146 |
| p | 0.2159 | 0.9419 | 0.3833 | 0.1992 | 0.1183 | 0.2335 | 0.2981 | 0.1228 | |
| SBP | rho | −0.1022 | 0.2292 | −0.1216 | 0.0092 | 0.0459 | 0.0368 | 0.0675 | −0.0022 |
| p | 0.2816 | 0.0146 | 0.1996 | 0.9226 | 0.6294 | 0.6988 | 0.4776 | 0.9813 | |
| DBP | rho | −0.013 | 0.196 | −0.1006 | 0.0304 | 0.0403 | 0.0155 | 0.0456 | −0.0055 |
| p | 0.8917 | 0.0375 | 0.2891 | 0.7493 | 0.672 | 0.8707 | 0.6318 | 0.9543 |
BMI: Body Mass Index; TC: Total Cholesterol; HDL: High-Density Lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL: Low-Density Lipoprotein cholesterol; TG: triglycerides; SBP: Systolic Blood Pressure; DBP: Diastolic Blood Pressure; GSM: gray-scale median; NASCET: North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial; MMSE: Mini Mental State Examination; TMT: Trail Making Test; VFT: verbal fluency test.