Decreased Serum NCAM Levels Associated with Cognitive Impairment in Vascular Dementia

Table 3

Multivariable analyses of clinical characteristics and MoCA in patients with VaD.

	Regression coefficient	95% CI	value
Age (years)	0.291	0.216-1.431	0.221
Male gender (, %)	0.265	0.178-1.257	0.143
Formal education (years)	0.316	0.109-1.345	0.436
Heart rate (bpm)	0.117	0.036-1.134	0.380
Supine systolic BP (mmHg)	0.138	0.053-1.179	0.529
Supine diastolic BP (mmHg)	0.147	0.072-1.196	0.315
FBG (mmol/L)	0.330	0.128-1.310	0.137
HDL cholesterol (mmol/L)	0.246	0.167-1.183	0.412
LDL cholesterol (mmol/L)	0.209	0.097-1.202	0.318
NCAM (ng/mL)	0.223	0.101-0.768	0.034

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.