Table 3.

Trends in cognitive function of the MI group and the control group after 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	−0.035 (−0.042, −0.028)	< 0.001	−0.004 (−0.014, 0.005)	0.360	−0.041 (−0.051, −0.031)	< 0.001	−0.036 (−0.043, −0.028)	< 0.001	−0.051 (−0.059, −0.043)	< 0.001
Difference in baseline cognitive scores	0.087 (0.002, 0.173)	0.045	0.036 (−0.068, 0.140)	0.495	0.016 (−0.088, 0.120)	0.762	0.031 (−0.055, 0.117)	0.483	0.089 (−0.010, 0.187)	0.078
Difference in cognitive slope before MI	−0.003 (−0.029, 0.023)	0.814	−0.003 (−0.036, 0.029)	0.846	0.016 (−0.018, 0.050)	0.357	−0.008 (−0.036, 0.020)	0.558	0.013 (−0.017, 0.043)	0.387
Acute cognitive change after MI	0.016 (−0.080, 0.111)	0.747	0.026 (−0.092, 0.143)	0.670	−0.036 (−0.168, 0.095)	0.589	0.013 (−0.095, 0.121)	0.811	0.025 (−0.092, 0.142)	0.672
Change in cognitive slope after MI	−0.006 (−0.039, 0.026)	0.701	0.003 (−0.037, 0.043)	0.870	−0.022 (−0.066, 0.022)	0.332	0.009 (−0.025, 0.043)	0.620	−0.025 (−0.062, 0.012)	0.183

^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.