Table 3. SEM analyses of associations between the flanker task and waist circumference through the metabolic risk factors (β-values and 95% CI).
| Reaction Time | Accuracy | Interference score | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Congruent | Incongruent | Congruent | Incongruent | Reaction time | Accuracy | ||
|
Waist circumference–cognition: including MET cluster score as mediator |
Direct associations Waist circumference (c’) |
1.26 (-3.63–6.14) | 1.07 (-5.57–7.70) | -0.26 (-0.84–0.33) | -1.09 (-2.28–0.10) | -0.19 (-3.88–3.49) | 0.83 (-0.10–1.76) |
|
Indirect associations Waist circumference → MET cluster score → (a1 b1) |
1.39 (-0.31–3.08) | 1.95 (0.35–4.26)* | -0.09 (-0.29–0.11) | 0.06 (-0.34–0.47) | 0.57 (-0.69–1.83) | -0.15 (-0.47–0.16) | |
|
Waist circumference–cognition: including HDLc as mediator |
Direct associations Waist circumference (c’) |
1.82 (-2.84–6.47) | 1.89 (-4.44–8.21) | -0.37 (-0.93–0.18) | -1.15 (-2.28 –-0.02)* | 0.07 (-3.45–3.59) | -0.77 (-0.11–1.66) |
|
Indirect associations Waist circumference → HDLc → (a1 b1) |
0.82 (-0.06–1.72) | 1.13 (-0.08–2.34)* | 0.03 (-0.07–0.12) | 0.12 (-0.08–0.32) | 0.30 (-0.31–0.92) | -0.09 (-0.25–0.06) | |
|
Waist circumference–cognition: including HOMA score as mediator |
Direct associations Waist circumference (c’) |
2.09 (-2.64–6.82) | 2.43 (-3.99–8.86) | -0.27 (-0.84–0.02) | -0.94 (-2.09–0.21) | 0.34 (3.22–3.91) | 0.67 (-0.23–1.56) |
|
Indirect associations Waist circumference → HOMA score → (a1 b1) |
0.56 (-0.55–1.66) | 0.59 (-0.91–2.08) | -0.07 (-0.21–0.06) | -0.09 (-0.35–0.18) | 0.03 (-0.79–0.85) | 0.01 (-0.19–0.22) | |
|
Waist circumference–cognition: including Sys BP as mediator |
Direct associations Waist circumference (c’) |
2.76 (-2.03–7.54) | 3.44 (-3.06–9.95) | -0.25 (-0.82–0.32) | -1.01 (-2.17–0.15) | 0.69 (-2.92–4.29) | 0.76 (-0.14–1.67) |
|
Indirect associations Waist circumference → Sys BP → (a1 b1) |
-0.11 (-1.42–1.20) | -0.42 (-2.21–1.36) | -0.10 (-0.26–0.06) | 0.01 (-0.33–0.30) | -0.31 (-1.30–0.68) | -0.08 (-0.33–0.16) | |
|
Waist circumference–cognition: including TG as mediator |
Direct associations Waist circumference (c’) | 2.15 (-2.50–6.81) | 1.97 (-4.34–8.27) | -0.32 (-0.87–0.24) | -1.01 (-2.14–0.12) | -0.19 (-3.68–3.31) | 0.69 (-0193–1.57) |
| Indirect associations Waist circumference → TG → (a1b1) | 0.49 (-0.26–1.24) | 1.05 (-0.06–2.16) | -0.03 (-0.11–0.06) | 0.02 (-0.19–0.15) | 0.56 (-0.05–1.17) | -0.01 (-0.14–0.12) | |
Structural equation models (SEM).
* p<0.05. β-values are partially standardized and should be interpreted as the changes in absolute values of the cognitive outcomes for each standard deviation change in the exposure (metabolic risk factors).