Clinical Study
Depression Is Associated with Cognitive Dysfunction in Older Adults with Heart Failure
Table 3
Partial correlations among BDI, TCD results, and test performance.
| Variable | r | P |
| Cognitive tests | | | Global cognitive function | | | 3MS | .02 | 0.86 | Attention and executive function | | | TMT-A | −.20 | 0.04* | TMT-B | −.32 | <0.01** | FAB | −.13 | 0.18 | Digit symbol | −.25 | 0.01* | Memory | | | CVLT | −.14 | 0.15 | CFT | −.10 | 0.31 | Language | | | BNT-II | −.25 | <0.01** | Animal naming | −.18 | 0.05 | Motor | | | Pegboard | −.21 | 0.02* | Transcranial Doppler | | | MCA-pulsatility | −.01 | 0.88 | MCA-mean velocity | −.11 | 0.25 | ACA-pulsatility | .04 | 0.71 | ACA-mean velocity | −.14 | 0.14 |
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. **. All correlations adjusted for sex, hypertension, and cardiac fitness.
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