TABLE 5.
Linear regression models of MedDiet scores (MEDAS, MEDAS Continuous and Pyramid) with cognitive outcomes living in male and female participants. Unadjusted Model: MedDiet Score; Fully Adjusted Model: MedDiet Score, age, education, family history, APOE, physical activity, smoking, sleep, BMI, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, hyperglycaemia, diabetes, stroke, antihypertensive medication use, diabetic medication use, Mediterranean region. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.
| Cognitive test | Male | Female | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDAS | MEDAS continuous | Pyramid | MEDAS | MEDAS continuous | Pyramid | |||||||
| Unadjusted | Fully adjusted | Unadjusted | Fully adjusted | Unadjusted | Fully adjusted | Unadjusted | Fully adjusted | Unadjusted | Fully adjusted | Unadjusted | Fully adjusted | |
| 4 Mountains test | β: 0.13 SE: 0.07 p: 0.05 | β: 0.02 SE: 0.06 p: 0.70 | β: 0.13 SE: 0.07 p: 0.07 | β: 0.009 SE: 0.07 p: 0.89 | β: 0.02 SE: 0.08 p: 0.77 | β: −0.04 SE: 0.08 p: 0.59 | β: 0.20 SE: 0.06 p: 0.0008*** | β: 0.21 SE: 0.06 p: 0.0002*** | β: 0.07 SE: 0.07 p: 0.25 | β: 0.09 SE: 0.06 p: 0.13 | β: 0.03 SE: 0.07 p: 0.69 | β: 0.01 SE: 0.06 p: 0.83 |
| RBANS total scale | β: −0.08 SE: 0.31 p: 0.79 | β: −0.36 SE: 0.30 p: 0.22 | β: 0.02 SE: 0.35 p: 0.96 | β: −0.23 SE: 0.33 p: 0.49 | β: −0.20 SE: 0.38 p: 0.59 | β: −0.38 SE: 0.36 p: 0.29 | β: 0.26 SE: 0.29 p: 0.37 | β: −0.09 SE: 0.27 p: 0.75 | β: −0.15 SE: 0.32 p: 0.64 | β: −0.34 SE: 0.30 p: 0.26 | β: 0.20 SE: 0.34 p: 0.55 | β: -0.12 SE: 0.31 p: 0.71 |
| RBANS attention index | β: 0.11 SE: 0.36 p: 0.76 | β: −0.18 SE: 0.36 p: 0.61 | β: 0.06 SE: 0.40 p: 0.88 | β: −0.22 SE: 0.40 p: 0.58 | β: −0.27 SE: 0.44 p: 0.53 | β: −0.38 SE: 0.09 p: 0.37 | β: −0.02 SE: 0.33 p: 0.95 | β: −0.30 SE: 0.31 p: 0.34 | β: −0.40 SE: 0.36 p: 0.26 | β: −0.49 SE: 0.35 p: 0.16 | β: −0.49 SE: 0.38 p: 0.20 | β: −0.72 SE: 0.37 p: 0.047 |
| RBANS delayed memory index | β: −0.05 SE: 0.36 p: 0.89 | β: −0.32 SE: 0.35 p: 0.36 | β: −0.04 SE: 0.40 p: 0.91 | β: −0.32 SE: 0.39 p: 0.42 | β: 0.10 SE: 0.43 p: 0.82 | β: −0.18 SE: 0.42 p: 0.66 | β: 0.37 SE: 0.31 p: 0.24 | β: 0.14 SE: 0.30 p: 0.64 | β: 0.09 SE: 0.34 p: 0.78 | β: 0.02 SE: 0.33 p: 0.94 | β: 0.61 SE: 0.36 p: 0.09 | β: 0.38 SE: 0.35 p: 0.27 |
| RBANS immediate memory index | β: 0.32 SE: 0.33 p: 0.34 | β: -0.05 SE: 0.32 p: 0.88 | β: 0.51 SE: 0.37 p: 0.17 | β: 0.19 SE: 0.36 p: 0.59 | β: 0.29 SE: 0.41 p: 0.48 | β: -0.02 SE: 0.39 p: 0.95 | β: 0.51 SE: 0.28 p: 0.07 | β: 0.20 SE: 0.27 p: 0.46 | β: 0.29 SE: 0.31 p: 0.35 | β: 0.10 SE: 0.30 p: 0.73 | β: 0.70 SE: 0.32 p: 0.03* | β: 0.46 SE: 0.32 p: 0.15 |
| RBANS language index | β: −0.28 SE: 0.21 p: 0.19 | β: −0.29 SE: 0.22 p: 0.18 | β: −0.02 SE: 0.24 p: 0.94 | β: −0.05 SE: 0.24 p: 0.84 | β: −0.17 SE: 0.26 p: 0.52 | β: −0.22 SE: 0.26 p: 0.39 | β: −0.01 SE: 0.23 p: 0.95 | β: −0.15 SE: 0.22 p: 0.51 | β: −0.22 SE: 0.25 p: 0.38 | β: −0.28 SE: 0.25 p: 0.26 | β: 0.01 SE: 0.26 p: 0.97 | β: −0.15 SE: 0.26 p: 0.56 |
| RBANS Visuo-constructional index | β: −0.20 SE: 0.34 p: 0.57 | β: −0.33 SE: 0.34 p: 0.34 | β: −0.40 SE: 0.38 p: 0.30 | β: −0.44 SE: 0.38 p: 0.25 | β: −0.73 SE: 0.42 p: 0.08 | β: −0.67 SE: 0.41 p: 0.10 | β: 0.09 SE: 0.31 p: 0.77 | β: −0.21 SE: 0.30 p: 0.48 | β: −0.25 SE: 0.34 p: 0.47 | β: −0.50 SE: 0.33 p: 0.13 | β: −0.08 SE: 0.36 p: 0.81 | β: −0.32 SE: 0.34 p: 0.35 |