Cognitive Functions and Cognitive Reserve in Relation to Blood Pressure Components in a Population-Based Cohort Aged 53 to 94 Years

Table 2

Multiple regressions of the neuropsychological tests with age and education.

Tests	Age (years)		Education (years)
	𝑏 (SE)	𝑃 value	𝑏 (SE)	𝑃 value
Mini-mental state examination	−0.14 (0.03)	<0.0001	−0.01 (0.09)	0.9 (NS)
Digit span	−0.03 (0.01)	<0.001	0.06 (0.03)	0.06 (NS)
Immediate prose memory	−0.19 (0.03)	<0.0001	0.38 (0.11)	<0.001
Delayed prose memory	−0.24 (0.04)	<0.0001	0.41 (0.13)	<0.001
Memory with interference at 10 sec	−0.08 (0.02)	<0.0001	0.20 (0.17)	<0.005
Memory with interference at 30 sec	−0.07 (0.02)	<0.0001	0.32 (0.06)	<0.0001
Phonemic verbal fluency	−0.12 (0.03)	<0.0001	0.28 (0.09)	<0.005
Trail making test A	0.93 (0.30)	<0.005	−2.78 (0.99)	<0.01
Trail making test B	2.45 (0.62)	<0.0001	−3.32 (2.04)	0.1 (NS)
Overlapping figure	−0.34 (0.06)	<0.0001	0.32 (0.20)	0.09 (NS)
Clock drawing test	−0.07 (0.03)	<0.01	0.27 (0.08)	<0.005

𝑏: partial regression coefficient; SE: standard error of the coefficient; NS: nonsignificant.