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. 2020 Aug 10;38(3):281–290. doi: 10.1080/02813432.2020.1802140

Table 5.

Systematic review of the association between T2D and Category fluency tests and changes of cognition.

Authors T2D at intake
N (%)
Cognitive test Cognitive status
Mean (SE)
Cognitive changes
Mean (SE)
Non-DM DM p Value Non-DM DM p Value
Bangen et al. [13] 378 (25.3%) Category fluency 14.8 ± 4.3 13.8 ± 4.0 <0.001 13.0 ± 4.4 12.2 ± 4.1 0.007
Espeland et al. [16] n = 179 (8.3%) Category fluency 29.04 (6.24) 27.77 (6.24) 0.009  
Okereke et al. [18] n (men) = 553 (9.4%)
n (women) = 405 (6.4%)
Category fluency 2.7 ± 2.0
3.0 ± 2.1
2.4 ± 2.1
2.7 ± 2.0
-
-
-
-
 
Rouch et al. [7] 12 (7%) Category fluency 28.9 (7.75) 31.7 (7.63) 0.21 0.01 (0.23) −0.11 (0.20) 0.09
Samaras et al. [8] 106 (12%) Category fluency (Z-score) −1.23 (0.15) −0.93 (0.15) 0.21 −0.95 (0.06) −0.71 (0.06) 0.46