Table 3.

Cross-sectional analysis of the relationship between ABI score decrease (tenths*) and worse cognitive performance, stratified by gender females

Variable	ABI < 0.8		ABI between 0.8– < 1.1		ABI between > 1.1–1.4		All
	p-value	Beta (95% CI)	p-value	Beta (95% CI)	p-value	Beta (95% CI)	p-value	Beta (95% CI)
MMSE (total score)	0.0100	0.603 (0.146, 1.060)	0.0197	0.362 (0.059, 0.666)	0.0311	0.282 (0.026, 0.538)	0.7566	0.028 (− 0.151, 0.208)
Cumulative Executive Dysfunction Index	0.0290	− 0.367 (− 0.696, − 0.038)	0.0223	− 0.255 (− 0.473, − 0.037)	0.0336	− 0.199 (− 0.383, − 0.016)	0.4279	− 0.052 (− 0.181, 0.077)
7-MT (total score)	0.0036	0.429 (0.142, 0.717)	0.0005	0.343 (0.152, 0.533)	0.0023	0.252 (0.091, 0.413)	0.3529	0.054 (− 0.060, 0.169)
7-MT (Clock Drawing Test)	0.0315	0.159 (0.014, 0.304)	0.0123	0.122 (0.027, 0.217)	0.0412	0.084 (0.004, 0.165)	0.9510	0.002 (− 0.055, 0.059)
7-MT (free and facilitated memory)	0.0056	0.183 (0.054, 0.312)	0.0046	0.124 (0.039, 0.210)	0.0120	0.093 (0.021, 0.165)	0.6838	0.011 (− 0.040, 0.061)
7-MT (verbal fluency)	0.1592	0.098 (− 0.038, 0.234)	0.0236	0.104 (0.014, 0.195)	0.0728	0.070 (− 0.006, 0.146)	0.6197	0.014 (− 0.040, 0.067)
7-MT (Benton’s Temporal Orientation Test)	0.9397	0.002 (− 0.049, 0.053)	0.8702	− 0.003 (− 0.037, 0.031)	0.8462	− 0.003 (− 0.031, 0.026)	0.6094	− 0.005 (− 0.025, 0.015)
Denomination	0.7134	0.017 (− 0.074, 0.108)	0.5913	0.017 (− 0.044, 0.077)	0.9137	0.003 (− 0.048, 0.054)	0.2549	− 0.021 (− 0.057, 0.015)
Immediate memory	0.9456	0.004 (− 0.116, 0.125)	0.7700	− 0.012 (− 0.092, 0.068)	0.9047	− 0.004 (− 0.071, 0.063)	0.9552	0.001 (− 0.046, 0.048)
Total short-term memory	0.0056	0.327 (0.096, 0.558)	0.0046	0.222 (0.069, 0.376)	0.0121	0.166 (0.037, 0.295)	0.6830	0.019 (− 0.072, 0.110)
Free short-term memory	0.0004	0.653 (0.293, 1.014)	0.0004	0.433 (0.194, 0.673)	0.0012	0.334 (0.132, 0.536)	0.4208	0.059 (− 0.084, 0.201)
Facilitated short-term memory	0.0533	− 0.342 (− 0.689, 0.004)	0.0597	− 0.222 (− 0.452, 0.009)	0.0710	− 0.179 (− 0.373, 0.015)	0.4883	− 0.048 (− 0.184, 0.088)
Total long-term memory	0.0693	0.213 (− 0.016, 0.442)	0.0107	0.199 (0.047, 0.352)	0.0145	0.161 (0.032, 0.289)	0.0515	0.089 (0.000, 0.179)
Free long-term memory	0.0095	0.558 (0.137, 0.979)	0.0013	0.460 (0.181, 0.740)	0.0018	0.377 (0.141, 0.612)	0.0249	0.189 (0.024, 0.354)
Facilitated long-term memory	0.0874	− 0.345 (− 0.740, 0.050)	0.0517	− 0.261 (− 0.524, 0.001)	0.0558	− 0.216 (− 0.437, 0.005)	0.2057	− 0.100 (− 0.254, 0.055)
Hole Peg Test (dominant hand)	0.2781	− 0.659 (− 1.848, 0.530)	0.0667	− 0.741 (− 1.530, 0.049)	0.0893	− 0.578 (− 1.244, 0.087)	0.1473	− 0.354 (− 0.831, 0.124)

*tenths = 0.1. MMSE, Mini-Mental State Examination; 7-MT, 7-min test, Significant effect in bold (p < 0.05)