TABLE 3.

Correlations between dietary patterns and cognitive and cardio-metabolic outcome variables.

	MIND	DASH	R&DS	VP	SP	SWM	WC	Brachial SBP	Brachial DBP	Aortic SBP	Aortic DBP	PP	AP	AI	PWV	Glucose	Total cholesterol	Triglycerides	HDL	MetSSS
MedDiet	0.61**	0.45**	0.08	0.06	0.13	−0.08	−0.22**	−0.03	0.00	−0.04	0.01	−0.07	−0.07	−0.08	−0.09	−0.03	−0.04	−0.03	0.12	−0.10
MIND		0.55**	−0.05	−0.05	0.18*	−0.15	−0.28**	−0.05	−0.01	−0.04	−0.00	−0.07	−0.02	−0.01	−0.13	0.05	−0.03	−0.05	0.19*	−0.09
DASH			−0.09	0.00	0.06	0.02	−0.04	−0.04	−0.03	−0.05	−0.03	−0.05	−0.14^	−0.14^	−0.04	−0.08	−0.16^	_0.08	−0.04	−0.04
R&DS				0.47**	0.05	0.45**	0.13	0.02	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	−0.08	−0.09	0.01	0.05	−0.04	0.05	−0.11	0.11
VP			.		−0.08	0.50**	−0.05	0.00	−0.05	−0.03	−0.07	0.04	−0.04	−0.09	−0.08	−0.12	−0.01	−0.12	0.02	0.08
SP						−0.08	−0.12	−0.09	−0.14	−0.06	−0.15	0.10	0.18*	0.15^	−0.03	−0.00	−0.10	−0.11	0.09	−0.04
SWM							0.24**	0.05	−0.02	0.02	0.01	0.04	−0.11	−0.14	0.07	0.05	−0.04	0.05	−0.16^	0.24**

Pearson correlation coefficient, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ^p < 0.10.

MedDiet, Mediterranean Diet; MIND, Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay; DASH, Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension; R&DS, Reaction and decision speed; VP, Visual processing; SP, Stroop Processing; SWM, Spatial working memory; SBP, Systolic blood pressure; DBP, Diastolic blood pressure; PP, Pulse pressure; AP, Augmentation pressure; PWV, pulse wave velocity; HDL, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; MetSSS, Metabolic syndrome severity score; WC, waist circumference.