Table 2.

Trends in cognitive function of the MI group and the control group before matching (ratio 1:3)^a,b.

Variablesc	Global cognition		Episodic memory		Visuospatial ability		Orientation		Attention and calculation
	β (95% CI)	p -value	β (95% CI)	p -value	β (95% CI)	p -value	β (95% CI)	p -value	β (95% CI)	p -value
Cognitive slope of control group	−0.036 (−0.038, −0.033)	< 0.001	−0.007 (−0.010, −0.003)	< 0.001	−0.037 (−0.041, −0.034)	< 0.001	−0.036 (−0.038, −0.033)	< 0.001	−0.052 (−0.055, −0.049)	< 0.001
Difference in baseline cognitive scores	0.074 (−0.007, 0.154)	0.073	0.027 (−0.069, 0.123)	0.582	0.016 (−0.079, 0.111)	0.742	0.032 (−0.048, 0.112)	0.428	0.070 (−0.021, 0.162)	0.129
Difference in cognitive slope before MI	−0.001 (−0.028, 0.025)	0.920	0.000 (−0.032, 0.032)	0.990	0.011 (−0.022, 0.043)	0.520	−0.008 (−0.035, 0.020)	0.581	0.015 (−0.014, 0.045)	0.306
Acute cognitive change after MI	0.013 (−0.085, 0.111)	0.792	0.023 (−0.096, 0.142)	0.703	−0.032 (−0.164, 0.100)	0.638	0.011 (−0.099, 0.120)	0.851	0.020 (−0.099, 0.139)	0.741
Change in cognitive slope after MI	−0.007 (−0.040, 0.027)	0.691	0.003 (−0.038, 0.043)	0.898	−0.021 (−0.065, 0.024)	0.355	0.008 (−0.026, 0.043)	0.635	−0.026 (−0.063, 0.011)	0.172

^aAdjusted for baseline age, sex, education, marital status, residence, current smoking, current drinking, hypertension, dyslipidaemia, cancer, lung diseases, heart problems, depression, and number of IADLs.

^bAll cognitive values are z-score transformed.

^cDetailed description for variables is shown in Supplementary Figure 1.