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Table 2 Total cognitive function scores in the HAALSI cohort by sex, age, and cardiometabolic risk factors, HAALSI participants, Agincourt, 2014–2015

From: Cognitive function and cardiometabolic disease risk factors in rural South Africa: baseline evidence from the HAALSI study

  Mean SD p-value
Overall 14.31 (4.06)  
Sex    0.062
 Male 14.20 (4.15)  
 Female 14.44 (3.96)  
Age    < 0.001
 40–49 15.90 (3.83)  
 50–59 14.98 (3.95)  
 60–69 13.91 (3.71)  
 70–79 12.81 (3.73)  
 80+ 10.71 (3.89)  
Obesitya    < 0.001
 No 14.11 (4.06)  
 Yes 14.92 (3.86)  
Hypertensionb    0.023
 No 14.47 (4.09)  
 Yes 14.16 (4.01)  
Dyslipidemiac    0.010
 No 14.07 (4.03)  
 Yes 14.43 (4.03)  
Diabetesd    0.007
 No 14.33 (4.05)  
 Yes 13.75 (3.91)  
  1. aBMI ≥ 30
  2. bSBP ≥ 140 mmHg or DBP ≥ 90 mmHG or self-reported on treatment
  3. cTotal cholesterol ≥ 6.21 mmol/L or HDL < 1.19 mmol/L or LDL > 4.1 mmol/L or self-reported on treatment
  4. dElevated random glucose ≥ 11.1 mmol/L or self-reported on treatment
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