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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2014 Jan-Mar;28(1):9–15. doi: 10.1097/WAD.0000000000000004

Table 2.

Associations of baselines cognitive composite scores with vascular factors (cross-sectional, adjusted for demographics.)

Attention/Speed Executive Function Language Memory Visuospatial Function
Vascular Variable (see Table 1) Estimate P value Estimate P value Estimate P value Estimate P value Estimate P value
Stroke 0.30 <.001 0.34 <.001 0.41 <.001 0.33 <.001 0.46 <.001
Coronary heart disease 0.04 0.26 0.02 0.62 0.06 0.09 0.04 0.26 −0.04 0.40
Cardiac arrhythmia −0.002 0.962 -−0.08 0.07 −0.10 0.03 0.01 0.79 −0.05 0.47
Waist: Hip Ratio (WHR) 0.88 <.001 0.57 <0.01 0.55 0.01 −0.11 0.63 −0.02 0.95
Heart failure −0.06 0.32 −0.09 0.09 0.02 0.75 0.08 0.14 −0.09 0.26
Cholesterol elevation 0.08 0.031 0.05 0.14 0.05 0.16 0.11 <0.005 0.05 0.32
HDL cholesterol >=50 or ApoA1>=120 0.05 0.29 0.10 0.02 0.04 0.39 −0.03 0.46 0.09 0.16
LDL cholesterol >=130 or ApoB>=100 0.01 0.91 0.02 0.68 −0.003 0.95 −0.06 0.16 −0.07 0.29
ApoB: ApoA1 ratio 0.18 0.13 −0.07 0.48 −0.07 0.49 −0.11 0.30 −0.02 0.92
Diabetes mellitus 0.14 <.001 0.13 <0.005 −0.06 0.13 0.01 0.77 −0.06 0.25
Diabetes and/or HbA1c >=6 −0.06 0.09 −0.07 0.04 0.001 0.97 0.02 0.55 0.02 0.75
Hypertension and/or Systolic BP>=140 −0.002 0.98 0.04 0.54 −0.03 0.62 0.06 0.27 −0.09 0.28
Diastolic BP >=80 0.06 0.11 0.09 <0.01 −0.10 <0.01 −0.02 0.61 −0.03 0.47
Homocysteine>=10 −0.02 0.73 −0.03 0.57 −0.05 0.44 −0.03 0.61 −0.07 0.45
CystatinC>=1 −0.09 0.18 −0.04 0.46 −0.06 0.35 −0.13 0.03 0.01 0.91
C-Reactive Protein>=10 −0.14 0.26 0.28 <0.01 −0.09 0.45 −0.11 0.31 0.38 0.02
APOE*4 carrier status 0.03 0.52 <.0001 1.00 0.03 0.41 0.12 <0.01 −0.09 0.12
Previous drinking 0.07 0.20 −0.05 0.39 0.02 0.73 −0.04 0.47 0.01 0.93
Current drinking 0.14 <0.005 0.12 <0.01 0.19 <.001 0.13 <0.01 0.16 0.02
Previous smoking −0.01 0.74 0.02 0.60 0.02 0.46 0.01 0.85 −0.06 0.16
Current smoking −0.06 0.42 −0.01 0.87 0.07 0.32 −0.03 0.72 −0.11 0.24