Table 3 Prevalence of poor performance in the learning, recall and word recognition tests, semantic and phonemic verbal fluency tests and trail-making test B, according to socio-demographic characteristics and birth weight among adults (35-64 years-old) participants of the ELSA-Brasil (2008-2010)
From: Maternal education, anthropometric markers of malnutrition and cognitive function (ELSA-Brasil)
Explanatory variable | Learning, recall word recognition (%) | Semantic and phonemic verbal fluency (%) | Trail-making test B (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Gender | |||
Male | 16.8 | 13.0 | 11.6 |
Female | 7.4 | 9.5 | 8.6 |
Educational attainment | |||
Under graduate school or more | 5.4 | 3.1 | 2.0 |
High school | 15.1 | 14.6 | 14.7 |
Elementary school | 25.9 | 34.7 | 31.8 |
Incomplete elementary school | 37.7 | 43.6 | 51.7 |
Maternal education | |||
High school or more | 6.3 | 3.8 | 2.4 |
Elementary school | 8.2 | 8.4 | 6.9 |
Incomplete Elementary school | 12.3 | 12.0 | 10.5 |
Never went to school | 22.2 | 23.3 | 26.5 |
Birth-weight (Kg) | |||
≥ 2.5 | 10.8 | 9.7 | 8.5 |
< 2.5 | 14.9 | 14.5 | 17.9 |