Table 2.

Results of Multivariable Linear Regressions Examining the association of increasing MetS criteria on affect and cognition.

	Affect		Cognition‡
Variables	CES-D B (SE)	LRN B (SE)	MEM B (SE)	ExFx B (SE)
African American (vs White)	1.02 (1.24)	−0.16 (0.18)	−0.27 (0.17)	−0.02 (0.14)
MetS Criteria Met
1–2 vs 0	1.97 (1.12)T	−0.39 (0.16)*	−0.48 (0.16)**	−0.24 (0.13)T
3+ vs 0	4.73 (1.23)***	−0.42 (0.19)*	−0.50 (0.18)**	−0.12 (0.15)
3+ vs 1–2	2.75 (0.89)**	−0.03 (0.13)	−0.02 (0.13)	0.12 (0.10)

NOTE:

^***p<0.001;

^**p<0.01;

^*p<0.05;

^Tp>0.05 and p≤0.10;

MetS=Metabolic Syndrome; 0=no risk, 1–2=low risk, 3+=high risk; CES-D=Center for Epidemiologic Studies of Depression; LRN=composite z-score for Learning; MEM=composite z-score for Memory; ExFx=composite z-score for Executive Functioning. All analyses are adjusted for age, race, and pVIQ.

^‡Cognitive outcomes were also adjusted for the CES-D.