Table 3. Multivariate associations between NT-proBNP and cognitive test scores.

		MHVS	g	BVFT	LM	FACES	ln(TMT-B)	DSC	LNS	MR
Model 1a	β	−0.26	−0.09	0.02	−0.49	−0.31	0.03	−0.96	−0.10	−0.35
	95% CI	−0.54, 0.01	−0.13, –0.03**	−0.65, 0.69	−0.91, −0.06*	−0.71, 0.10	0.01, 0.05*	−1.71, −0.20**	−0.25, 0.04	−0.62, −0.08**
Model 2b	β		−0.05	0.28	−0.36	−0.20	0.02	−0.69	−0.04	−0.25
	95% CI		−0.09, 0.00*	−0.33, −0.89	−0.75, 0.04	−0.59, 0.19	0.00, 0.04*	−1.38, 0.00*	−0.18, 0.90	−0.50, −0.01*
Model 3c	β		−0.04	0.38	−0.48	−0.15	0.02	−0.26	−0.04	−0.23
	95% CI		−0.08, 0.01	−0.26, 1.01	−0.89, −0.07*	−0.56, 0.26	0.00, 0.04	−0.98, 0.46	−0.17, 0.10	−0.48, 0.02
Model 4d	β		−0.02	0.18	−0.57	−0.01	0.02	0.19	−0.01	−0.15
	95% CI		−0.07, 0.03	−0.52, 0.87	−1.02, −0.11*	−0.46, 0.44	−0.01, 0.04	−0.60, 0.98	−0.16, 0.15	−0.43, 0.13
Model 5e	β		−0.02	0.16	−0.56	−0.03	0.01	0.26	0.01	−0.14
	95% CI		−0.06, 0.03	−0.56, 0.88	−1.03, −0.08*	−0.50, 0.44	−0.01, 0.04	−0.54, 1.07	−0.15, 0.16	−0.42, 0.15

The β scores are regression coefficients.

^aadjusted for age and sex.

^badjusted for +MHVS.

^cadjusted for + smoking status, blood pressure, BMI, HbA1c, cholesterol, mode of treatment.

^dadjusted for + MI, angina, stroke, ABI.

^eadjusted for + ln(HADS depression).

^*significant at 0.05 level.

^**significant at 0.01 level.