Decreased Serum NCAM Levels Associated with Cognitive Impairment in Vascular Dementia

Table 2

Correlation between clinical characteristics and MoCA in patients with VaD.

		value
Age (years)	-0.319	0.362
Male gender (, %)	-0.283	0.445
Formal education (years)	0.472	0.236
Heart rate (bpm)	0.271	0.637
Supine systolic BP (mmHg)	0.118	0.302
Supine diastolic BP (mmHg)	0.184	0.143
FBG (mmol/L)	-0.362	0.593
HDL cholesterol (mmol/L)	0.299	0.108
LDL cholesterol (mmol/L)	-0.280	0.094
NCAM (ng/mL)	0.285	0.026

MoCA: Montreal Cognitive Assessment; VaD: vascular dementia; BP: blood pressure; FBG: fasting blood glucose; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; LDL: low-density lipoprotein; NCAM: neural cell adhesion molecule.