Table 1 Summary of significant clinically negative correlations between glucose metabolism parameters and cognitive functions. A: glucose metabolism parameter; B: study (author, year); C: cognitive domains with significant negative correlation; D: cognitive battery, test used in the study.

From: Glucose homeostasis and cognitive functions in schizophrenia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

A

B

C

D

HbA1c

Montalvo et al.34

Processing speed, reasoning/problem-solving visual learning, attention

MCCB

Tang et al.40

Visual and verbal learning

MCCB

Jakobsen et al.45

Global cognition

BACS

HOMA-IR

Soontornniyomkij et al.39

Global cognition

TICS-M, D-KEFS

Qi Tao et al.35

Global cognition

MCCB

Liu Y. F. et al.33

Attention, visual and verbal learning

MCCB

Insulin

Lis M. et al.36

Language

RBANS

Liu Y. F. et al.33

Attention, visual and verbal learning

MCCB

Glucose

Nandeesha et al.41

Memory, fluency, global cognition

ACE-III

Grover et al.48

Attention, executive functions, verbal memory

TMT-A, TMT-B, COWA, Stroop, AVLT, ToL

Zhang et al.49

Global cognition

RBANS

Salaj et al.46

Executive functions

WCST

Chen et al.47

Fluency, working memory

MCCB

Ali D. et al.42

Processing speed, memory

TMT-A, TMT-B, WMS-R

  1. HOMA-IR homeostatic model assessment for insulin resistance, RBANS Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status, AVLT Auditory Verbal Learning Test, COWA Controlled Oral Word Association Test, TMT-A/B Trail Making Test-A/B, MCCB MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery, BACS Brief Assessment of Cognition in Schizophrenia, TICS-M The Modified Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status, D-KEFS Delis–Kaplan Executive Function System Test, CPT Continuous Performance Test, WAIS-R Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, WCST Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, ToL Tower of London, ACE-III Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination, WMS-R Wechsler Memory Scale Revised.