Table 6.

Association of plasma osteopontin (log-transformed) with global and domain-based neurocognitive domains (in z-scores), expressed in mean difference (MD) and 95% confidence interval (CI).

	Neurocognitive performance, z-scores (n = 378) MD (95% CI)b
Osteopontina	Global	− 5.8 (− 7.7, − 3.9)
	Executive function	− 3.5 (− 5.0, − 2.0)
	Attention	− 5.8 (− 8.2, − 3.5)
	Language	− 4.4 (− 6.2, − 2.7)
	Visuomotor speed	− 2.7 (− 3.7, − 1.6)
	Visuoconstruction	− 5.2 (− 6.8, − 3.6)
	Verbal memory	− 2.2 (− 3.2, − 1.2)
	Visual memory	− 4.5 (− 6.3, − 2.6)

Bold values indicates p < 0.05 using linear regression.

MD, mean difference; CI, confidence interval.

^aLog-transformed.

^bAdjusted for age, gender, education, hypertension, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.