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Table 3 Association between BMI categories with function (BADL/IADL) and cognition in South Korean population

From: Body mass index, performance on activities of daily living and cognition: analysis in two different populations

 Model 1

ADL

IADL

MMSE < 24

Estimation

Standard Error

p value

Estimation

Standard Error

p value

Estimation

Standard Error

p value

Intercept

0.77

0.67

0.253

−0.06

0.52

0.915

−6.10

0.48

<.001

Body Mass Index

 Underweight

0.13

0.18

0.480

0.30

0.23

0.184

0.20

0.21

0.345

 Overweight

0.09

0.14

0.545

−0.04

0.12

0.771

−0.12

0.10

0.253

 Obese

−0.10

0.16

0.533

−0.04

0.14

0.779

−0.21

0.11

0.049

Gender

 Female

0.00

0.14

0.987

−0.03

0.14

0.813

0.32

0.09

0.001

Education

  < High school

−0.02

0.14

0.908

−0.16

0.15

0.295

−1.62

0.19

<.001

 High school

0.09

0.20

0.644

−0.23

0.20

0.254

−2.42

0.21

<.001

  > High school

−0.08

0.26

0.762

−0.24

0.23

0.292

−2.89

0.24

<.001

Comorbidities

0.00

0.05

0.940

−0.06

0.04

0.195

0.22

0.04

<.001

Age

0.01

0.01

0.407

0.02

0.01

0.004

0.09

0.01

<.001

Model 2

 Intercept

0.72

0.67

0.279

0.15

0.57

0.796

−6.12

0.51

<.001

 Body Mass Index

  Underweight

0.13

0.16

0.420

0.29

0.23

0.209

0.14

0.21

0.524

  Overweight

0.11

0.13

0.395

0.02

0.12

0.839

−0.09

0.10

0.372

  Obese

−0.03

0.15

0.867

−0.08

0.14

0.536

−0.18

0.11

0.097

 Gender

  Female

−0.02

0.17

0.927

−0.50

0.18

0.004

0.42

0.13

0.002

 Education

   < High school

−0.03

0.14

0.810

−0.18

0.16

0.263

−1.58

0.19

<.001

  High school

0.06

0.20

0.767

−0.37

0.22

0.091

−2.34

0.21

<.001

   > High school

0.01

0.25

0.956

−0.41

0.24

0.090

−2.75

0.25

<.001

 Comorbidities

−0.01

0.05

0.785

−0.03

0.04

0.509

0.21

0.04

<.001

 Age

0.01

0.01

0.286

0.02

0.01

0.019

0.09

0.01

<.001

 Smoke

  Past-smoker

0.00

0.15

0.976

−0.09

0.14

0.529

0.28

0.14

0.045

  Current-smoker

−2.03

0.45

<.001

0.03

0.17

0.856

0.17

0.18

0.328

 Exercise

  Yes

−0.16

0.14

0.267

0.06

0.11

0.606

−0.21

0.09

0.019

 Marital status

  Married or living with

−0.17

0.14

0.228

0.38

0.14

0.008

0.22

0.10

0.027

 Weight status

  Lost

0.24

0.12

0.040

0.14

0.12

0.269

0.42

0.11

<.001

  1. BADL Basic activities of daily living. IADL Instrumental activities of daily living. MMSE Mini-mental state Examination
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