Table 3.
Arsenic levels impact on neuropsychological functioning.
| Long-Term Arsenic | Current Arsenic | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B (SE) | p-value | B (SE) | p-value | |
| MMSE | −0.003 (0.001) | 0.004 | −0.116 (0.088) | 0.191 |
| CLOX 1 | −0.001 (0.001) | 0.290 | −0.225 (0.080) | 0.005 |
| CLOX 2 | −0.001 (0.001) | 0.038 | −0.118 (0.060) | 0.048 |
| FAS | −0.012 (0.004) | 0.002 | −0.724 (0.377) | 0.056 |
| Animal Naming | −0.002 (0.002) | 0.250 | −0.138 (0.181) | 0.446 |
| TMTA | 0.034 (0.014) | 0.016 | 0.986 (1.17) | 0.400 |
| TMTB | 0.037 (0.029) | 0.209 | 4.23 (2.44) | 0.084 |
| RBANS Immediate Memory | −0.010 (0.003) | 0.003 | 0.187 (0.311) | 0.547 |
| RBANS Visuospatial | −0.001 (0.002) | 0.543 | −0.342 (0.211) | 0.106 |
| RBANS Language | −0.005 (0.002) | 0.017 | −0.458 (0.171) | 0.008 |
| RBANS Attention | −0.007 (0.005) | 0.118 | −0.466 (0.423) | 0.271 |
| RBANS Delayed Memory | 0.001 (0.003) | 0.651 | 0.537 (0.303) | 0.077 |
| EXIT Total | 0.006 (0.002) | 0.000 | 0.475 (0.139) | 0.077 |
Note: Covariates included age, gender, education, language of administration (English or Spanish), selenium level and APOE4 presence (yes/no); B = unstandardized regression coefficient; SE = standard error.