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. 2021 Apr 7;76(8):1423–1430. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glab096

Table 2.

The Change in Cognitive Scores Associated With Pulmonary Function

Pulmonary Function Each SD Increment
Quintile 1 Quintile 2 Quintile 3 Quintile 4 Quintile 5 p Trend*
Global cognitive score
 Participants 970 945 1053 1137 1180
 β (95% CI), Model 1 0 0.05 (−0.30, 0.40) −0.18 (−0.53, 0.17) −0.19 (−0.53, 0.15) 0.23 (−0.11, 0.58) .51 0.76 (0.65, 0.87)
 β (95% CI), Model 2§ 0 0.06 (−0.27, 0.39) −0.18 (−0.51, 0.15) −0.07 (−0.40, 0.25) 0.19 (−0.13, 0.51) .47 0.53 (0.44, 0.62)
 β (95% CI), Model 3|| 0 0.07 (−0.26, 0.41) −0.16 (−0.49, 0.17) −0.09 (−0.42, 0.23) 0.12 (−0.20, 0.45) .99 0.44 (0.34, 0.53)
Immediate memory
 Participants 1310 1276 1337 1405 1445
 β (95% CI), Model 1 0 0.08 (−0.03, 0.19) 0.05 (−0.06, 0.16) 0.11 (0.00, 0.21) 0.32 (0.21, 0.43) <.0001 0.19 (0.16, 0.22)
 β (95% CI), Model 2 0 0.06 (−0.04, 0.17) 0.03 (−0.08, 0.13) 0.08 (−0.02, 0.18) 0.24 (0.14, 0.34) <.0001 0.14 (0.11, 0.17)
 β (95% CI), Model 3 0 0.06 (−0.05, 0.16) 0.01 (−0.10, 0.11) 0.05 (−0.05, 0.16) 0.19 (0.09, 0.30) .0012 0.12 (0.09, 0.15)
Delayed memory
 Participants 997 971 1076 1159 1202
 β (95% CI), Model 1 0 0.11 (−0.02, 0.23) 0.01 (−0.12, 0.13) 0.05 (−0.07, 0.17) 0.23 (0.10, 0.35) .0042 0.18 (0.14, 0.22)
 β (95% CI), Model 2 0 0.09 (−0.03, 0.21) 0.00 (−0.12, 0.12) 0.05 (−0.07, 0.17) 0.18 (0.06, 0.29) .0291 0.13 (0.10, 0.17)
 β (95% CI), Model 3 0 0.10 (−0.03, 0.22) 0.00 (−0.12, 0.12) 0.03 (−0.09, 0.15) 0.16 (0.04, 0.28) .0718 0.12 (0.08, 0.16)
Subtraction calculation
 Participants 1630 1627 1637 1650 1645
 β (95% CI), Model 1 0 −0.13 (−0.24, −0.01) −0.10 (−0.21, 0.02) −0.08 (−0.20, 0.04) 0.04 (−0.08, 0.16) .33 0.19 (0.16, 0.23)
 β (95% CI), Model 2 0 −0.13 (−0.25, −0.02) −0.12 (−0.24, −0.01) −0.10 (−0.21, 0.02) −0.05 (−0.16, 0.07) .67 0.13 (0.10, 0.17)
 β (95% CI), Model 3 0 −0.13 (−0.25, −0.02) −0.12 (−0.23, −0.00) −0.11 (−0.22, 0.01) −0.08 (−0.19, 0.04) .30 0.10 (0.07, 0.14)
Date orientation
 Participants 1655 1645 1650 1657 1657
 β (95% CI), Model 1 0 0.13 (0.04, 0.21) 0.16 (0.08, 0.25) 0.09 (−0.00, 0.17) 0.15 (0.06, 0.24) .0100 0.16 (0.13, 0.18)
 β (95% CI), Model 2 0 0.13 (0.04, 0.21) 0.15 (0.06, 0.23) 0.09 (0.01, 0.18) 0.11 (0.02, 0.19) .0724 0.11 (0.09, 0.13)
 β (95% CI), Model 3 0 0.13 (0.04, 0.21) 0.14 (0.06, 0.23) 0.07 (−0.01, 0.16) 0.07 (−0.02, 0.15) .49 0.08 (0.06, 0.11)

Notes: BMI = body mass index; CI = confidence interval; SD = standard deviation.

*General linear regression models were used to obtain coefficients (β [95% CI]) for the change in cognitive scores for quintiles 2–5 versus the quintile 1 of pulmonary function. Changes in cognitive scores were computed as the scores at baseline subtracting from those at follow-up.

Repeated-measures generalized estimating equations were used to test cognitive change associated with each SD increment of pulmonary function over time.

Model 1 was adjusted for age and gender.

§Model 2 was adjusted for Model 1 plus education, region, smoking, alcohol intake, physical activity, physical function, and global cognitive score at baseline.

||Model 3 was adjusted for Model 2 plus height, BMI, lung disease, hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and psychiatric disorders at baseline.