Table 3. Comparison of change in cognitive outcomes over twenty years in the PAQUID cohort in subjects receiving EGb761® (n = 589) or piracetam (n = 149) compared to the ‘neither treatment’ group (n = 2874) (mixed linear effects model).
Unadjusted for psychotropic drug use | Adjusted for psychotropic drug use | ||||||
Cognitive score | Variables | β1 | SE | p | β1 | SE | p |
Mini Mental State Evaluation | Time | −0.315 | 0.013 | <.0001 | −0.302 | 0.013 | <.0001 |
Piracetam | −0.584 | 0.211 | 0.0057 | −0.592 | 0.202 | 0.0034 | |
EGb761® | 0.482 | 0.089 | <.0001 | 0.461 | 0.085 | <.0001 | |
Isaacs Sets Test (30 sec) | Time | −0.290 | 0.020 | <.0001 | −0.258 | 0.019 | <.0001 |
Piracetam | −1.395 | 0.523 | 0.0077 | −1.468 | 0.516 | 0.0045 | |
EGb761® | 0.213 | 0.231 | 0.3561 | 0.271 | 0.227 | 0.2328 | |
Benton Visual Retention Test | Time | −0.081 | 0.005 | <.0001 | −0.078 | 0.004 | <.0001 |
Piracetam | −0.438 | 0.194 | 0.0242 | −0.470 | 0.184 | 0.0106 | |
EGb761® | −0.030 | 0.085 | 0.7223 | −0.014 | 0.082 | 0.8631 |
Covariates: age, gender, educational level, MMSE score at inclusion, depressive symptomatology and memory complaints.