Table 3.

Partial correlation coefficients between cognition indices and serum carotenoids, α-tocopherol, and retinol in octogenarians and centenarians from the Georgia Centenarian Study (adjusted w/age, sex, education years, BMI, smoking, alcohol, hypertension, and diabetes, n = 298).

	Mini-Mental State Exam	Global Deterioration Rating Scale	FOME1 delayed recall	FOME delayed recognition	FOME delayed retention	Controlled Oral Word Association Test	WAIS-III Similarities Subtest2	Behavioral Dyscontrol Scale Total Score
Lutein, (trans + cis)	0.114	−0.350a	0.177b	0.009	0.114	0.148c	0.244a	0.180b
Zeaxanthin, (trans + cis)	0.128c	−0.236a	0.134c	0.069	0.146c	0.169b	0.184b	0.196b
Cryptoxanthin	0.026	−0.096	0.054	0.002	0.035	0.031	0.129c	0.045
α-Carotene	−0.014	−0.068	0.017	−0.029	0.009	0.015	0.074	0.029
β-Carotene, (trans + cis)	0.072	−0.244a	0.173b	0.082	0.168b	0.186b	0.144c	0.227a
Lycopene, (trans + cis)	−0.014	−0.142c	−0.017	−0.033	0.014	0.017	0.108	0.044
α-Tocopherol	0.118	−0.194b	0.097	0.097	0.145c	0.106	0.121c	0.200b
Retinol	0.089	−0.078	0.113	0.022	0.105	0.006	0.045	0.116

¹FOME: Fuld Object Memory Evaluation; ²WAIS-III Similarities Subtest: Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-III Similarities Subtest.

Significantly related (P<): ^a0.001; ^b0.01, ^c0.05.