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. 2022 Jul 6;22:1299. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-13612-z

Table 4.

Results of the regression analyses examining change in the behavioral and EEG variables as a function of change in the blood iron biomarkers (analyses for plausibility). Note that if a variable does not appear in this table, no acceptable regression model was identified for that variable

Change in Blood Variable
Task Change variable Predictor Intercept β^ R2
Behavioral variables
GNG MedianRT BdFe 64 20 0.21
ANT RT, 2 cues Hb 55.8 22.1 0.17
sFt 3.9
Alerting sFt 81.0 4.2 0.19
RT, spatial cues sFt 8.7 4.0 0.18
Orienting sFt -36.5 4.3 0.14
RT, inconsistent flankers Hb -14.6 20.5 0.26
sFt 4.2
Conflict sFt -0.51 3.2 0.31
sTfR -83.1
CFE RT BdFe 6.86 17.12* 0.10
Sensitivity BdFe 0.13 0.16 0.16
Bias BdFe -0.03 0.07 0.11
CRT RT, new items BdFe 47 -32 0.11
RT, old items BdFe 44 -23 0.15
PCC sFt 30.00 0.78 0.11
EEG variables
SRT N1 amplitude Hb 0.86 0.95 0.11
BdFe 0.46
GNG P1 amplitude sFt -1.4 0.08 0.13
N! amplitude sFt -0.93 0.11 0.35
ANT N1 amplitude, 2 cues sFt 1.61 0.05 0.10
N1 amplitude, orienting sFt -1.23 0.09 0.21
P3 amplitude, orienting sFt -1.03 0.03 0.10
P3 amplitude, incongruent flankers sFt 1.78 0.06 0.25
N1 amplitude, conflict sFt -0.49 0.05 0.23
Gamma power, 2 cues sFt -1.02 0.05 0.15
CFE Interaction contrast, N1 amplitude sFt 1.01 0.05 0.15
CRT P3 amplitude, old items 4 cues sFt 1.24 0.03 0.10
Gamma power, old items, 4 cues sFt 5.49 0.11 0.10
Gamma slope, old items 4 cues sFt 1.55 0.07 0.12