Table 4 Beta coefficients and 95% confidence intervals of health behaviors and health factors for cognitive tests scores.

From: Association between Life's Essential 8 and cognitive function among older adults in the United States

Characteristic

CERAD: Delayed Recall Score

CERAD: Total Score (3 Recall trials)

Animal Fluency: Total Score

Digit Symbol: Score

Beta

95% CI1

p-value

Beta

95% CI1

p-value

Beta

95% CI1

p-value

Beta

95% CI1

p-value

Health behaviors

 No adjusted

0.01

0.01, 0.02

 < 0.001

0.03

0.02, 0.04

 < 0.001

0.07

0.05, 0.09

 < 0.001

0.22

0.15, 0.28

 < 0.001

 Age-adjusted

0.01

0.01, 0.02

 < 0.001

0.03

0.02, 0.04

 < 0.001

0.07

0.05, 0.09

 < 0.001

0.22

0.16, 0.28

 < 0.001

 Fully adjusted2

0

0.00, 0.01

0.2

0.01

0.00, 0.02

0.081

0.04

0.02, 0.06

 < 0.001

0.1

0.05, 0.15

 < 0.001

Health factors

 No adjusted

0.01

0.00, 0.01

0.029

0.02

0.00, 0.03

0.014

0.03

0.01, 0.06

0.02

0.12

0.03, 0.21

0.014

 Age-adjusted

0.01

0.00, 0.01

0.003

0.02

0.01, 0.03

0.002

0.03

0.01, 0.05

0.006

0.12

0.04, 0.20

0.003

 Fully adjusted2

0

0.00, 0.01

0.094

0.01

0.00, 0.02

0.13

0

− 0.02, 0.02

0.7

0.02

− 0.04, 0.08

0.5

  1. 1CI = Confidence Interval; 2Fully adjusted: adjusted for age, sex, race, education level, ratio of family income to poverty and alcohol consumption.
  2. Significant values are in bold.