Table 3.

Linear mixed model analysis of the effect of egg intake on CVLT-PC scores

	β	se	95 % CI	P-values
Age (centred at 50)	−0⋅050	0⋅007	[−0⋅0628, −0⋅0354]	<0⋅0001
Egg intake
Intermediate v. low	−0⋅184	0⋅204	[−0⋅5930, 0⋅2049]	0⋅368
High v. low	−0⋅040	0⋅206	[−0⋅4990, 0⋅3139]	0⋅845
Age × egg intake
Intermediate v. low	0⋅018	0⋅009	[0⋅0000, 0⋅0342]	0⋅043
High v. low	0⋅011	0⋅009	[−0⋅0044, 0⋅0304]	0⋅195

N 470.

Results are adjusted for sex, race, education, body mass index, cardiovascular risk score, Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale, total energy intake, meat intake, fish intake, dairy intake, and fruit/vegetable intake.

CVLT-PC, California Verbal Learning Test-II Short Form First Principal Components Factor.