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. 2018 Apr 25;9:156. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00156

Table 4.

Multiple regression analysis between Brief Assessment of Cognition in Schizophrenia (BACS) scores and handgrip strength/body mass index.

Verbal memory Working memory Motor speed Verbal fluency Attention Executive function Composite
β p β p β p β p β p β p β p
<Patients with schizophrenia> R2 = 0.19 R2 = 0.19 R2 = 0.23 R2 = 0.15 R2 = 0.32 R2 = 0.09 R2 = 0.35
Handgrip strength/body mass index (m2) 0.26 0.01 0.35 9.7.E-04 0.47 1.2E-05 0.40 2.3.E-04 0.56 2.9E-08 0.15 0.17 0.51 1.8E-07
Age (years) −0.26 1.7.E-03 −0.14 0.08 0.06 0.47 0.01 0.91 −0.14 0.06 −0.07 0.39 −0.13 0.08
Sex 0.19 0.07 0.06 0.53 0.38 2.0.E-04 0.21 0.05 0.37 9.4E-05 −0.11 0.29 0.26 4.6.E-03
Education (years) 0.22 0.01 0.17 0.04 0.07 0.36 0.10 0.21 0.12 0.12 0.04 0.65 0.17 0.02
CPeq total antipsychotics (mg/day) −0.10 0.24 −0.08 0.33 −0.17 0.04 0.01 0.91 −0.13 0.10 −0.10 0.27 −0.13 0.09
Any psychotropic medication use (%) −0.10 0.25 −0.10 0.25 −0.09 0.30 −0.18 0.04 −0.07 0.37 −0.15 0.10 −0.16 0.04
<Healthy controls> R2 = 0.19 R2 = 0.09 R2 = 0.02 R2 = 0.08 R2 = 0.25 R2 = 0.06 R2 = 0.22
Handgrip strength / body mass index (m2) 0.10 0.15 0.14 0.04 0.10 0.19 0.13 0.08 0.17 0.01 0.12 0.10 0.20 2.6.E-03
Age (years) −0.37 5.7.E-12 −0.20 3.7.E-04 0.00 0.98 0.00 0.93 −0.37 9.9.E-13 −0.09 0.12 −0.28 1.3.E-07
Sex 0.25 2.3.E-04 0.07 0.35 0.10 0.19 0.24 1.1.E-03 0.27 4.5.E-05 0.02 0.78 0.25 1.7.E-04
Education (years) 0.08 0.12 0.16 4.8.E-03 0.15 0.01 0.25 1.2.E-05 0.18 3.1.E-04 0.18 1.6.E-03 0.27 3.7.E-07

CPeq, chlorpromazine-equivalent dose. Significant p-values (p < 0.0071; corrected for multiple testing) are shown in bold exponents. Sex was coded as male: 1 and female: 2.