Table 3 Results of regression analyses on baseline scores shows that combinations of education, age and Full Scale Intelligence Quotient (FSIQ) consistently predicted performance on the cognitive tasks

From: A 3-year prospective study of the effects of adjuvant treatments on cognition in women with early stage breast cancer

TASK

R 2

R 2 adj

F

P

Factor

β

t

P

Letter cancellation

0.152

0.137

10.188

<0.0001

Education

0.489

1.889

0.061

     

Age

−0.171

−2.734

0.007

     

FSIQ

0.136

2.442

0.016

Auditory verbal learning task (AVLT)

0.109

0.98

10.444

<0.0001

Age

−0.049

−3.505

0.001

Supraspan

    

FSIQ

0.033

3.006

0.003

AVLT total

0.204

0.194

21.862

<0.0001

Age

−0.35

−5.319

<0.0001

     

FSIQ

0.208

4.04

<0.0001

AVLT delayed

0.146

0.136

14.563

<0.0001

Education

0.304

0.085

<0.0001

     

Age

−0.077

0.024

0.002

Complex figure immediate

0.112

0.101

10.689

<0.0001

Age

−0.209

−3.939

<0.0001

     

FSIQ

0.104

2.509

0.013

Complex figure delayed

0.139

0.129

13.789

<0.0001

Age

−0.201

−4.169

<0.0001

     

FSIQ

0.124

3.28

0.001

Story immediate recall

0.206

0.196

22.125

<0.0001

FSIQ

0.122

5.24

<0.0001

     

Age

−0.125

−4.207

<0.0001

Story delayed recall

0.209

0.2

22.593

<0.0001

FSIQ

0.121

5.141

<0.0001

     

Age

−0.134

−4.438

<0.0001

Letter/number sequencing

0.223

0.209

16.258

<0.0001

FSIQ

0.102

6.033

<0.0001

     

Age

−0.075

−3.94

<0.0001

     

Education

−0.179

−2.279

0.024

Digit span forward

0.212

0.207

46.278

<0.0001

FSIQ

0.094

6.803

<0.0001

Digit span backwards

0.221

0.212

24.205

<0.0001

FSIQ

0.086

6.593

<0.0001

     

Age

−0.039

−0.2363

0.019

Spatial span forwards

0.118

0.108

11.453

<0.0001

Age

−0.053

−3.863

<0.0001

     

FSIQ

0.031

2.906

0.004

Spatial span backwards

0.216

0.202

15.609

<0.0001

Education

0.15

2.663

0.008

     

Age

−0.052

−3.77

<0.0001

     

FSIQ

0.028

2.318

0.022

Stroop

0.084

0.079

15.722

<0.0001

Education

0.793

3.965

<0.0001