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. 2025 Aug 22;17:196. doi: 10.1186/s13195-025-01846-z

Table 2.

Relationship between TMAO levels and MCI

TMAO level, µmol/L OR (95% CI)
Unadjusted P value Adjusteda P value
Continuous TMAO level
< 4.74 1 1
≥ 4.74 5.256 (2.922–9.455) < 0.001 5.745 (2.913–11.328) < 0.001
Quartile of TMAO level
1 (< 2.10) 1 1
2 (2.10–3.66) 2.386 (1.115–5.108) 0.025 2.736 (1.156–6.478) 0.022
3 (3.67–5.53) 2.549 (1.192–5.451) 0.016 3.021 (1.227–7.435) 0.016
4 (> 5.53) 6.563 (2.967–14.517) < 0.001 6.953 (2.741–17.638) < 0.001

Abbreviations: TMAO, trimethylamine N-oxide; MCI, mild cognitive impairment; CI, confidence interval

a Adjusted for age, gender, education, body mass index, smoking, drinking, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, coronary artery disease, atrial fibrillation, initial systolic blood pressure, initial glucose, low density lipoprotein cholesterol and eGFR