Severe Obesity in Women Can Lead to Worse Memory Function and Iron Dyshomeostasis Compared to Lower Grade Obesity
Table 2
Score of cognitive tests.
OBI/II (n = 29)
OBIII (n = 16)
value
Verbal paired-associate test
Recall in trial 1 (n)
4.66 ± 1.49
3.31 ± 1.58
0.005
Total recall (n)
17.8 ± 3.36
14.6 ± 3.59
0.003
Delayed recall (n)
6.48 ± 1.35
5.81 ± 1.60
0.13
Digit span
Forward (n)
7.11 ± 1.77
7.56 ± 2.76
0.50
Reverse (n)
5.86 ± 1.62
5.50 ± 1.83
0.49
Total score (n)
12.9 ± 2.37
13.1 ± 4.28
0.89
Toulouse–Piéron cancellation test
Hit (n)
120 ± 32.6
103 ± 27.2
0.07
Failure (n)
13.8 ± 27.4
16.4 ± 23.5
0.74
Failure/hit (n)
0.15 ± 0.35
0.17 ± 0.25
0.73
Work efficiency (n)
106 ± 47.6
86.3 ± 39.2
0.16
Stroop color and word test
Time 1 (seconds)
37.2 ± 5.59
40.5 ± 4.99
0.05
Time 2 (seconds)
45.3 ± 9.01
48.9 ± 9.19
0.20
Time 3 (seconds)
69.0 ± 17.6
73.8 ± 15.4
0.37
Data are represented as mean score with respective standard deviation. values are results of the GzLM test. OBI/II, grade I and II obesity; OBIII, grade III obesity.
