Table 2.
Associations between presence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and scores of paper-based neuropsychological tests (N=2,077).
| Cognitive function scores | MetS based on NCEP-ATP III criteria | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 1 a | Model 2 b | |||
| Beta | 95% CI | Beta | 95% CI | |
| Trail Making Test | ||||
| Part A | 1.66* | 0.26, 3.07 | 1.62* | 0.20, 3.04 |
| Part B | 0.68 | -1.56, 2.93 | 0.61 | -1.66, 2.88 |
| Verbal Fluency | ||||
| Semantic | -0.10 | -0.83, 0.62 | 0.09 | -0.64, 0.82 |
| Phonemic | -0.13 | -0.58, 0.32 | -0.03 | -0.49, 0.42 |
| Logical Memory | ||||
| Immediate recall | -0.70* | -1.26, -0.14 | -0.62* | -1.19, -0.05 |
| Delayed recall | -0.34* | -0.63, -0.05 | -0.29 | -0.58, 0.01 |
CI, confidence interval
*significant at p<0.05
aAdjusted for age (continuous), sex, education (primary and secondary school, high school, higher education). b Adjusted for age (continuous), sex, education (primary and secondary school, high school, higher education), cardiovascular disease (absence or presence of stroke or ischemic heart disease or heart failure or other heart disease diagnosis), alcohol consumption (never, less than once/month, 1-3 times/month, 1-2 times/week, almost every day) and physical activity (continuous)