Figure 1
MoCA mean score with presence or absence of individual MetS components_
| MoCA score ± SD | p value | MoCA score ± SD | p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | ||||||
| MetS components | Presence | Absence | Male | Female | ||
| Abdominal obesity | 23.6 ± 3.4 | 24.5 ± 3.6 | 0.061 | 24.1 ± 3.2 | 23.3 ± 3.5 | 0.243 |
| Hypertension | 23.6 ± 3.6 | 24.9 ± 3.1 | <0.05 | 23.7 ± 3.3 | 23.5 ± 3.8 | 0.774 |
| Dyslipidaemias | 23.5 ± 3.7 | 24.2 ± 3.4 | 0.227 | 25.7 ± 1.2 | 23.3 ± 4.0 | 0.251 |
| Type 2 diabetes mellitus | 23.6 ± 3.2 | 24.0 ± 3.6 | 0.500 | 24.5 ± 2.7 | 22.8 ± 3.5 | 0.149 |
Baseline characteristics of study cohort_
| Characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Participants number | 222 |
| Age, mean (SD) | 69 ± 6.3 |
| Female, N (%) | 141 (64) |
| Male, N (%) | 81 (36) |
| Abdominal obesity, N (%) | 134 (60) |
| Hypertension, N (%) | 151 (68) |
| Type 2 diabetes mellitus, N (%) | 31 (14) |
| Dyslipidaemias, N (%) | 57 (26) |
| sMetS according to IDF 2006, N (%) | 42 (19) |
| Smoking, N (%) | 32 (14) |
| Sedentary lifestyle, N (%) | 90 (41) |
| MoCA score, mean (SD) | 24.0 (3.5) |
| MoCA score ≤ 24, N (%) | 91 (41) |