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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)
Obesity^a			< 0.001
No	14.11	(4.06)
Yes	14.92	(3.86)
Hypertension^b			0.023
No	14.47	(4.09)
Yes	14.16	(4.01)
Dyslipidemia^c			0.010
No	14.07	(4.03)
Yes	14.43	(4.03)
Diabetes^d			0.007
No	14.33	(4.05)
Yes	13.75	(3.91)

^aBMI ≥ 30
^bSBP ≥ 140 mmHg or DBP ≥ 90 mmHG or self-reported on treatment
^cTotal cholesterol ≥ 6.21 mmol/L or HDL < 1.19 mmol/L or LDL > 4.1 mmol/L or self-reported on treatment
^dElevated random glucose ≥ 11.1 mmol/L or self-reported on treatment

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