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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2018 Jul-Sep;32(3):262–264. doi: 10.1097/WAD.0000000000000251

Table 2.

Association between anticholinergic status and memory and executive function test scores (multiple linear regressions)

Reduced model Anticholinergic status
Cognitive test RSE R2 Effect estimate CI p
Memory
AVLT-TL 8.951 0.067 0.698 −2.06 – 3.46 0.62
AVLT-LTM 3.112 0.079 −0.269 −1.23 – 0.691 0.58
SRT-free-total 11.05 0.050 1.136 −2.50 – 4.77 0.54
SRT-cued-total 10.76 0.050 −0.879 −4.42 – 2.66 0.63
CFT-recall 6.57 0.019 −0.050 −2.08 – 1.98 0.97
CFT-recall-copy (%) 0.176 0.015 −0.00111 −0.0555– 0.0532 0.97
VRT 1.939 0.075 −0.346 −0.949 – 0.257 0.26
Executive
WCST-Cat 1.654 0.075 −0.253 −0.797 – 0.292 0.36
WCST-errors 20.26 0.063 2.87 −3.80 – 9.53 0.397
WCST-per-err 10.81 0.055 0.280 −3.28 – 3.84 0.88
PASAT-3 13.95 0.038 −4.54 −9.18 – 0.0899 0.055
PASAT-2 12.9 0.019 −3.89 −8.19 – 0.404 0.076
WAIS-Dig-Sp 2.792 0.010 −0.436 −1.30 – 0.425 0.32
WAIS-Arith 2.656 0.0068 −0.654 −1.47 – 0.165 0.12
WAIS-DSS 2.201 0.087 −0.496 −1.22 – 0.228 0.18

RSE = Residual standard error; R2 = Adjusted R squared (coefficient of determination); CI = 95% confidence interval; p = p-value. AVLT-TL = Auditory Verbal Learning Test, total learning; AVLT-LTM = Auditory Verbal Learning Test, long-term memory; SRT-free-total = Buschke Selective Reminding Test, total free; SRT-cued-total = Buschke Selective Reminding Test, total cued; CFT-recall = Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test, absolute recall; CFT-recall-copy (%) = Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test, % recall copy score; VRT = Benton Visual Retention Test, total number correct; WCST-Cat = Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, categories completed score; WCST-errors = Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, total errors score; WCST-per-err = Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, perseverative errors score; PASAT-3 = Paced Auditory Serial Attention Task 3 total correct score; PASAT-2 = Paced Auditory Serial Attention Task 2 total correct score; WAIS-Dig-Sp = Age-scaled scores of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised subtests, Digit Span; WAIS-Arith = Age-scaled scores of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised subtests, Mental Arithmetic; WAIS-DSS = Age-scaled scores of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised subtests, Digit Symbol Substitution.