Table 2.
Participant cognitive function, mean number of words recalled and prevalence of amnesic-MCI by reported childhood meat eating and sex
| Men | Women | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Almost daily (n = 507) | About once a week (n = 1,828) | About once a month (n = 1,706) | Yearly/Never (n = 882) | Overall (n = 4,923) | P-value | Almost daily (n = 1,607) | About once a week (n = 5,066) | About once a month (n = 4,433) | Yearly/Never (n = 2,407) | Overall (n = 13,513) | P-value | ||
| Delayed recall score | Mean (SD) | 5.7 (1.8) | 5.6 (1.7) | 5.3 (1.9) | 5.1 (1.9) | 5.4 (1.8) | <0.001 | 6.1 (1.8) | 5.9 (1.8) | 5.6 (1.9) | 5.3 (2.0) | 5.7 (1.9) | <0.001 |
| Immediate recall score | |||||||||||||
| Trial 1 (out of 10) | Mean (SD) | 4.0 (1.4) | 4.0 (1.3) | 3.8 (1.5) | 3.4 (1.5) | 3.8 (1.4) | <0.001 | 4.3 (1.4) | 4.2 (1.4) | 3.9 (1.5) | 3.5 (1.5) | 4.0 (1.5) | <0.001 |
| Trial 2 (out of 10) | Mean (SD) | 5.8 (1.5) | 5.8 (1.5) | 5.5 (1.6) | 5.2 (1.6) | 5.6 (1.6) | <0.001 | 6.2 (1.5) | 6.0 (1.5) | 5.7 (1.6) | 5.3 (1.7) | 5.8 (1.6) | <0.001 |
| Trial 3 (out of 10) | Mean (SD) | 6.5 (1.6) | 6.6 (1.6) | 6.3 (1.8) | 6.0 (1.7) | 6.4 (1.7) | <0.001 | 7.1 (1.6) | 6.9 (1.6) | 6.6 (1.7) | 6.23(1.8) | 6.7 (1.7) | <0.001 |
| Overall score (out of 30) | Mean (SD) | 16.3 (3.8) | 16.5 (3.8) | 15.6 (4.1) | 14.6 (3.9) | 15.8 (4.0) | <0.001 | 17.5 (3.7) | 17.1 (3.8) | 16.2 (4.1) | 15.1 (4.3) | 16.5 (4.1) | <0.001 |
| Amnesic-mcia | % | 11.4 | 9.9 | 14.5 | 19.1 | 13.3 | <0.001 | 7.3 | 8.8 | 12.8 | 17.4 | 11.5 | <0.001 |
a Amnesic mild cognitive impairment defined as delayed 10-word recall score of less than 1.0 SD below the mean (equivalent to delayed 10-word recall score of less than or equal to 3 out of 10)