Table 4 Poor performance in the learning, recall word recognition tests, semantic and phonemic verbal fluency tests, and trail-making test B, according to the leg and trunk lengths among adult men and women (35 to 64 years of age) participating in 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(N = 12,980) | (N = 12,945) | (N = 12,392) | ||||
Poor performance | Poor performance | Poor performance | ||||
Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | |
Mean (SE) | Mean (SE) | Mean (SE) | Mean (SE) | Mean (SE) | Mean (SE) | |
Leg length (cm) | ||||||
Men | 82.02 (0.14)* | 82.40 (0.07) | 81.56 (0.17) | 82.45 (0.06) | 81.72 (0.18) | 82.49 (0.07) |
Women | 74.98 (0.17)(a) | 75.35 (0.05) | 74.79 (0.16) | 75.38 (0.05) | 74.82 (0.17) | 75.40 (0.06) |
Trunk length (cm) | ||||||
Men | 89.54 (0.12) | 90.31 (0.05) | 88.80 (0.14) | 90.39 (0.05) | 88.47 (0.14) | 90.52 (0.05) |
Women | 83.19 (0.15) | 84.13 (0.04) | 82.71 (0.14) | 84.20 (0.04) | 82.60 (0.14) | 84.27 (0.04) |