Table 1.

WASI, CVLT-II, and D-KEFS CWIT scores by weight groups

	Females without obesity (n = 24)	Females with moderate to severe obesity (n = 69)	P	P Controlled for age	P Controlled for WASI matrix & age
WASI
Matrix reasoning	55.0 (53.0–59.0) (n = 23)	51.0 (47.0–57.0) (n = 66)	0.070	0.17
Vocabulary	61.0 ±2.0 (n = 23)	46.3 ±1.4 (n = 68)	<0.0001	< 0.0001
CVLT-II
Short-term recall	56.0 (51.3–60.0)	44.0 (34.0–50.5)	<0.0001	< 0.0001	<0.0001
Short-delay free recall	55.0 (50.0–60.0)	45.0 (35.0–52.5)	0.0005	0.0007	0.002
Long-delay free recall	50.0 (45.0–60.0)	45.0 (35.0–50.0)	0.002	0.004	0.009
D-KEFS CWIT
Inhibition completion time	57.0 (50.0–63.0)	43.0 (40.0–50.0) (n = 65)	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001
Inhibition/switching completion time	53.0 (50.0–60.0) (n = 17)	47.0 (33.0–50.0) (n = 61)	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001

Values are presented as mean ± standard error or as median (IQR). The Student t-test was used to compare groups when data were normally distributed and Wilcoxon rank sum test was used to compare groups when data were not normally distributed.

Abbreviations: WASI the Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence, CVLT-II: California Verbal Learning Test—Second Edition, D-KEFS CWIT Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System Color-Word Interference Test