Table 2.

Associations of baseline serum uric acid with cognitive performance by sex

	Men			Women
	β*	(95% CI)	p-value	β*	(95% CI)	p-value
Mini-Mental State Exam
Intercept	0.02	(−0.06, 0.08)	0.69	0.02	(−0.11,0.16)	0.73
Slope	−0.002	(−0.01, 0.01)	0.56	−0.004	(−0.01,0.01)	0.52
Verbal Memory
Intercept	−0.01	(−0.10, 0.07)	0.77	−0.004	(−0.09, 0.08)	0.92
Slope	0.003	(−0.003, 0.01)	0.35	−0.002	(−0.01, 0.004)	0.46
Attention
Intercept	−0.02	(−0.09. 0.04)	0.46	−0.002	(−0.07, 0.06)	0.94
Slope	0.006	(0.0004, 0.01)	0.03	−0.0002	(−0.006, 0.005)	0.94
Executive function
Intercept	0.02	(−0.05, 0.09)	0.57	0.02	(−0.05, 0.10)	0.56
Slope	0.001	(−0.004, 0.007)	0.60	−0.002	(−0.009, 0.004)	0.44
Visuospatial
Intercept	−0.07	(−0.14, −0.009)	0.02	−0.03	(−0.10, 0.03)	0.35
Slope	0.007	(0.001, 0.01)	0.01	−0.001	(−0.007, 0.01)	0.83
Language
Intercept	−0.03	(−0.09, 0.03)	0.34	−0.01	(−0.07, 0.04)	0.68
Slope	0.004	(−0.001, 0.009)	0.09	−0.001	(−0.006, 0.004)	0.80

^*Beta coefficients are adjusted for age, race, years of education, and cardiovascular risk score. Cognitive scores are standardized with M = 0, SD = 1.