Research Article

Correlation between Body Mass Index and Cognitive Function in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

Table 4

Results of BMI and cognitive function using two piecewise linear regression.

Inflection BMI (kg/m2)Point of Effect size (kg/m2)95% CIP value

<24.560.43(0.01, 0.85)0.044
≥24.56-0.19(-0.44, 0.07)0.152

Effect: cognitive function; cause: BMI (body mass index). Adjusted for age, sex, smoking or not, alcohol consumption, marital status, degree of education, living condition, aspirin, warfarin, history of myocardial infarction, cerebral infarction history, siabetes mellitus, hypertension, valvular disease, hyperlipidemia, coronary artery disease, heart failure, SBP, DBP, D-dimer, creatinine, FT4, FT3, left atrial diameter.