Research Article

Cognition and Vascular Risk Factors: An Epidemiological Study

Table 2

Prevalence of the RF related to the cognitive test results.

Cognitive
test
HypertensionDiabetesObesityDislipemia
YesNoYesNoYesNoYesNo

Anxiety plus depression
7,78 (33)10,86 (24)11,28**(22)6,87 (80)8,43 (71)6,14 (32)7,44 (32)7,49 (69)
MMSE18,12 (77)13,57 (30)19,49**(38)13,71 (160)15,18 (128)13,41 (70)15,81 (68)13,98 (129)
Clock drawing39,29** (167)30,77 (68)43,59*** (85)33,16 (387)36,54 (308)31,61 (165)37,67 (162)33,48 (309)
Boston naming67,29* (286)57,92 (128)65,13 (127)60,89 (710)63,82** (538)57,97 (302)62,56 (269)61,28 (565)

The values are percentages and absolute pathological findings frequencies.
* 𝑃 < 0 , 0 2 ; ** 𝑃 < 0 , 0 3 ; *** 𝑃 < 0 , 0 0 4 .