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Table 3 Associations of baseline and 5-year FPG and HbA1c with 12-year cognitive function in non-diabetic participants stratified by sex

From: Association of cognitive function with glucose tolerance and trajectories of glucose tolerance over 12 years in the AusDiab study

 

Speed

Memory

Verbal

 

Males

Females

Males

Females

Males

Females

 

β

(SE)

n

β

(SE)

n

β

(SE)

n

β

(SE)

n

β

(SE)

n

β

(SE)

n

HbA1c, 25–59 years

 Baseline

–1.52

(1.06)

1192

0.63

(0.95)

1541

–0.56*

(0.26)

1188

–0.20

(0.25)

1534

–1.60*

(0.67)

1196

–0.93

(0.55)

1544

 5 years

–1.55

(1.07)

1165

1.30

(0.92)

1501

–0.91**

(0.26)

1161

–0.13

(0.24)

1493

–1.58*

(0.66)

1169

–0.50

(0.53)

1504

 12 years

–1.61*

(0.68)

1181

0.19

(0.71)

1526

–0.24

(0.17)

1177

0.35

(0.19)

1518

–0.83

(0.43)

1185

–0.01

(0.41)

1529

HbA1c, 60–85 years

 Baseline

–0.05

(2.11)

260

–4.82

(2.47)

301

–0.29

(0.49)

262

–0.36

(0.54)

299

0.00

(1.64)

265

–3.32

(1.91)

304

 5 years

2.15

(2.10)

251

–1.85

(2.53)

292

0.19

(0.49)

253

–0.42

(0.55)

290

1.17

(1.64)

256

–0.63

(1.88)

295

 12 years

0.59

(1.62)

259

–1.62

(1.83)

291

0.24

(0.37)

260

–0.48

(0.41)

291

–0.19

(1.25)

263

–0.31

(1.42)

294

FPG, 25–59 years

 Baseline

–1.23*

(0.54)

1202

0.97

(0.54)

1556

–0.08

(0.13)

1198

0.02

(0.14)

1549

–0.43

(0.35)

1206

0.35

(0.32)

1559

 5 years

–1.33*

(0.53)

1165

0.59

(0.47)

1501

0.02

(0.13)

1161

–0.09

(0.13)

1493

–0.18

(0.33)

1169

0.10

(0.27)

1504

 12 years

–0.73

(0.38)

1182

0.27

(0.36)

1528

0.07

(0.09)

1178

0.10

(0.10)

1520

–0.14

(0.24)

1186

0.09

(0.21)

1531

FPG, 60–85 years

 Baseline

1.40

(1.12)

262

–1.75

(1.27)

301

0.23

(0.26)

264

–0.30

(0.27)

299

–0.58

(0.87)

267

0.14

(0.98)

304

 5 years

0.13

(0.89)

251

–0.89

(1.16)

292

–0.15

(0.20)

253

–0.31

(0.25)

290

0.31

(0.69)

256

–0.31

(0.86)

256

 12 years

1.28

(0.89)

259

–1.62

(0.87)

291

0.24

(0.20)

260

–0.08

(0.19)

291

–0.19

(0.69)

263

–0.53

(0.68)

294

  1. Models adjusted for age, education, BMI, smoking, exercise time and mean arterial blood pressure
  2. BMI body mass index, FPG fasting plasma glucose, HbA1c glycated haemoglobin, SE standard error
  3. *p <0.05; **p <0.01