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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 23.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA. 2009 Dec 23;302(24):2663–2670. doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1913

Table 2.

Results of Linear Mixed Models for Each Cognitive Domain and Global Cognitiona

Treatment (G biloba) Effect:
Overall Difference
in z Scores vs Placebo,
Mean (95% CI)
Annual Rate of Change in z Scores,
Mean (95% CI)
Treatment × Time Interaction:
Annual Difference in Rates of Change
Between G biloba and Placebo,
Mean (95% CI)
Placebo G biloba
Memory 0.034 (−0.019 to 0.086) 0.041 (0.032 to 0.050) 0.043 (0.034 to 0.051) 0.002 (−0.010 to 0.013)

P value .21 <.001 <.001 .79

Attention 0.037 (−0.012 to 0.086) 0.048 (0.041 to 0.054) 0.043 (0.037 to 0.050) −0.004 (−0.013 to 0.005)

P value .14 <.001 <.001 .37

Visuospatial abilities 0.038 (−0.017 to 0.093) 0.118 (0.108 to 0.128) 0.107 (0.097 to 0.117) −0.011 (−0.022 to 0.001)

P value .17 <.001 <.001 .08

Language −0.041 (−0.093 to 0.011) 0.041 (0.033 to 0.048) 0.045 (0.037 to 0.054) 0.005 (−0.005 to 0.014)

P value .13 <.001 <.001 .33

Executive functions 0.013 (−0.042 to 0.069) 0.089 (0.082 to 0.096) 0.092 (0.086 to 0.099) 0.003 (−0.006 to 0.013)

P value .64 <.001 <.001 .49

Global cognition 0.015 (−0.018 to 0.047) 0.071 (0.065 to 0.076) 0.069 (0.064 to 0.074) −0.002 (−0.009 to 0.005)

P value .38 <.001 <.001 .65

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; G biloba, Ginkgo biloba.

a

Higher coefficients indicate worse test performance. Adjusted for age, sex, nonwhite race, years of education, mild cognitive impairment, and depression score at baseline. Scores are derived from the mean of 2 tests for each cognitive domain, with global cognition representing the mean of the 5 cognitive domain scores. (See Table 3 for estimated annual rates of change for each individual test.) As described in the Methods, test scores were transformed so that higher scores were worse and skewed measures were log-transformed. Scores were then standardized into z scores. Annual rates of change in each cognitive domain are presented. Results of the other components of the model are shown in the eTable.

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