Are Cardiovascular Risk Factors Associated with Verbal Learning and Memory Impairment in Patients with Schizophrenia? A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 2
Factors associated with memory test scores: multivariate analyses (β #).
List A, trial 1
Total recall Trials 1–5, List A
Short delay free recall
Short delay cued recall
Long delay free recall
Long delay cued recall
Rate of forgetting
Proactive Interference
Retroactive interference
Age
−.056
−.332**
−.163
−.189
−.159
−.233*
−.028
−.154
.362**
Sex (women/men)
.100
.318**
.123
.176
.223*
.197
.289**
.073
−.318*
Educational level (<12/ y)
−.052
−.338**
−.361**
−.350**
−.333**
−.328**
−.066
−.088
−.053
Number of criteria of the MetS
−.184
−.213*
−.256*
−.211*
−.326**
−.231*
−.216
.062
−.023
Fagerstrom Test
−.070
.110
.126
.167
.145
.125
.062
−.022
−.118
Alcohol dependence or abuse (yes/no)
−.010
−.038
−.123
.013
.018
.091
.279**
−.007
−.162
#β: standardised beta coefficient (β represents the change of the standard deviation in neurocognition score resulting from a change of one standard deviation in the independent variable); *P ≤ 0.05; **P ≤ 0.01. MetS is included as a continuous variable in the analysis (number of MetS criteria).
