Table 3 Associations between Self-Reported Dyslipidemia Diagnosis and Cognitive Function from Mixed Effects Models, CHARLS 2015 (N = 4,951)
| Â | Mental Status | Episodic Memory | Global Cognition |
|---|---|---|---|
Fixed effects | |||
 Intercept | 4.93***(0.95) | 11.49***(1.11) | 16.46***(1.72) |
 Self-reported Dyslipidemia | 0.39***(0.09) | 0.27*(0.11) | 0.66***(0.17) |
Individual-level controls | |||
 Age (years) | -0.08***(0.01) | -0.14***(0.01) | -0.22***(0.01) |
 Female (ref. male) | -1.88***(0.08) | -0.15(0.10) | -2.03***(0.15) |
 Urban (ref. rural) | 0.75***(0.09) | 0.63***(0.10) | 1.37***(0.16) |
 Annual household living expenditure (ln) | 0.14***(0.02) | 0.13***(0.02) | 0.27***(0.04) |
 Education (ref. primary school or below) | 1.82***(0.11) | 1.96***(0.12) | 3.77***(0.19) |
 Married (ref. not married) | 0.13(0.13) | -0.01(0.15) | 0.15(0.23) |
 Current cigarette smokers | -0.10(0.08) | -0.07(0.10) | -0.17(0.15) |
 Having depressive symptoms | -0.81***(0.09) | -0.87***(0.11) | -1.67***(0.16) |
 Having diabetes | -0.01(0.10) | -0.01(0.12) | -0.02(0.18) |
 Having cardiovascular disease | 0.18*(0.09) | 0.07(0.10) | 0.26(0.16) |
 Obesity (ref. BMI < 28 km/m2) | 0.16(0.13) | 0.04(0.15) | 0.19(0.23) |
Community-level controls | |||
 Prefecture GDP per capita (ln) | 0.63***(0.08) | 0.19*(0.09) | 0.85***(0.14) |
 Community level of education (percentage of high school or above education) | 0.01***(0.01) | 0.01(0.00) | 0.02***(0.01) |
 Annual total precipitation (> = 800 mm) | 0.11(0.10) | -0.43***(0.11) | -0.31(0.18) |
 Annual temperature in January (< -10◦C/14◦F) | 0.17(0.16) | 0.41*(0.18) | 0.57*(0.28) |
 Annual temperature in July (≥ 28◦C/82.4◦F) | -0.30**(0.11) | -0.21(0.13) | -0.53**(0.20) |
 Ten-year a average PM2.5 concentration (μg/m3, 1kmx1km spatial resolution) | -0.01(0.01) | -0.01(0.01) | -0.01(0.01) |
Random effects | |||
 Terrains (plain vs. others) | 0.01(0.01) | 0.03(0.04) | 0.08(0.10) |
 Residual | 7.68*** (0.15) | 10.45***(0.21) | 24.85***(0.50) |