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Published in final edited form as: Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn. 2008 May 16;15(5):627–641. doi: 10.1080/13825580802036936

Table 3.

Beta coefficients from linear regression models^* of associations between components of the metabolic syndrome individually modeled as continuous variables and cognitive function for 853 study subjects

Metabolic syndrome component	Change in cognitive factor per SD of component [SE(β)], p value^†
Metabolic syndrome component	Verbal learning		Semantic memory		Global cognition
SBP (17 mmHg)	0.03 (0.04)	.37	−0.08 (0.04)	.03	−0.01 (0.03)	.77
Glucose (11 mg/dL)	−0.01 (0.03)	.99	−0.05 (0.03)	.14	0.03 (0.03)	.38
HDL (16 mg/dL)	0.04 (0.04)	.21	0.01 (0.04)	.90	0.05 (0.03)	.11
Waist circumference (5 in)	−0.03 (0.04)	.40	0.06 (0.04)	.12	−0.03 (0.03)	.30
Triglycerides (66 mg/dL)	−0.03 (0.03)	.42	−0.07 (0.03)	.03	−0.07 (0.03)	.02

Adjusted for age, gender, race/ethnicity, education, income, study, CES-D score, statins or anti-hypertensive medication use.

^†

p Value for comparison per standard deviation.