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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Heart Rhythm. 2017 Sep 22;15(2):166–172. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2017.09.036

Table 4A.

Association between prevalent and interim atrial fibrillation and annual change in neuropsychological test performance (Interim AF N=140: Original=31; Offspring=109).

Cognitive Measure Model 1* Model 2** Cohort Interaction p
β SE p β SE p
Visual Reproduction: Immediate Recall
 noAF Ref Ref 0.76
 prevAF 0.01 0.07 0.856 −0.01 0.08 0.897
 intAF −0.009 0.06 0.878 −0.03 0.06 0.573
Visual Reproduction: Delayed Recall
 noAF Ref Ref 0.86
 prevAF −0.07 0.08 0.371 −0.10 0.08 0.221
 intAF −0.04 0.06 0.454 −0.07 0.06 0.267
Similarities (abstract reasoning)
 noAF Ref Ref 0.098
 prevAF −0.06 0.09 0.503 −0.004 0.10 0.964
 intAF 0.05 0.07 0.467 0.02 0.07 0.737
Hooper Visual Organization test
 noAF Ref Ref 0.13
 prevAF −0.07 0.07 0.367 −0.02 0.08 0.802
 intAF −0.11 0.06 0.050 −0.09 0.06 0.129
Trail Making Test – A
 noAF Ref Ref 0.66
 prevAF −0.03 0.02 0.075 −0.01 0.02 0.548
 intAF 0.008 0.01 0.514 0.009 0.01 0.463
Trail Making Test – (B-A)
 noAF Ref Ref <0.001
 prevAF −0.25 0.06 <0.001 −0.31 0.06 <0.001
 intAF −0.08 0.04 0.071 −0.10 0.04 0.03
*

Adjusted for age, sex, education, time between baseline examination and NP testing, and cohort.

**

Additional adjustments for systolic BP, diastolic BP, antihypertensive medications, myocardial infarction and heart failure, smoking status, and ApoE ε4.