The association between metabolic syndrome components and cognitive function in community-dwelling middle-aged and older adults: the first wave result of a cohort study

Table 3 Factors associated with cognitive impairment by logistic regression

	Cognitive impairment by MoCA-T		Cognitive impairment by AD-8
	aOR (95% CI)	p	aOR (95% CI)	p
Age	1.08 (1.04, 1.11)	< 0.001	1.00 (0.96, 1.04)	0.84
Sex
Female	Ref		Ref
Male	0.87 (0.69, 1.10)	0.24	1.14 (0.82, 1.60)	0.44
Education level
Below high school	Ref		Ref
College and graduate school	0.44 (0.36, 0.55)	< 0.001	0.66 (0.48, 0.91)	0.01
Marital status
Married	Ref		Ref
Single, widowed, divorced, and other	1.21 (0.96, 1.53)	0.1	1.34 (0.96, 1.86)	0.08
Monthly income
No income	Ref		Ref
Have income	1.18 (0.89, 1.55)	0.25	1.01 (0.68, 1.52)	0.95
IADL score	0.74 (0.61, 0.91)	0.005	0.73 (0.63, 0.84)	< 0.001
GDS-15 score	1.05 (0.96, 1.14)	0.25	1.59 (1.40, 1.80)	< 0.001
Stroke history	1.15 (0.43, 3.12)	0.78	1.60 (0.53, 4.87)	0.40
Metabolic syndrome	0.92 (0.74, 1.15)	0.47	0.80 (0.58, 1.12)	0.20

Mild cognitive impairment was diagnosed as MoCA-T score < 24. Mild dementia was screened as AD-8 ≥ 2
Abbreviations: aOR, adjusted odds ratio; IADL, instrumental activities of daily living; GDS-15, Geriatric Depression Scale-15; MoCA-T, the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, Taiwanese version; AD-8, The Eight-item Informant Interview to Differentiate Aging and Dementia

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