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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

 MeanSDp-value
Overall14.31(4.06) 
Sex  0.062
 Male14.20(4.15) 
 Female14.44(3.96) 
Age  < 0.001
 40–4915.90(3.83) 
 50–5914.98(3.95) 
 60–6913.91(3.71) 
 70–7912.81(3.73) 
 80+10.71(3.89) 
Obesitya  < 0.001
 No14.11(4.06) 
 Yes14.92(3.86) 
Hypertensionb  0.023
 No14.47(4.09) 
 Yes14.16(4.01) 
Dyslipidemiac  0.010
 No14.07(4.03) 
 Yes14.43(4.03) 
Diabetesd  0.007
 No14.33(4.05) 
 Yes13.75(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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