Correlation between Body Mass Index (BMI) and Performance on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in a Cohort of Adult Women in South Africa

Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics of all the participants in the study.

Characteristics	All participants ()
Female (%)	100
Age (years)
Range	20-54
Highest level of education (%)
High school	47.4
Diploma	8
Bachelor’s degree	37.1
Postgraduate degree	7.4
Occupation status (%)
Employed	24.6
Self-employed	2.3
Unemployed	58.3
Other (student)	14.7
BMI (kg/m^2)
Range	18.5-71
Health comorbidity (%)
Yes	8
No	92
Psychological comorbidity
Mean BDI
(%)	40.6

Note: Values are presented as number (%) or . Abbreviations: MoCA: Montreal Cognitive Assessment; BDI: Beck Depression Inventory; BMI: body mass index.