Severe Obesity in Women Can Lead to Worse Memory Function and Iron Dyshomeostasis Compared to Lower Grade Obesity

Table 5

Cognitive VPA test using blood glucose indicators as covariates.

	OBI/II (n = 29)	OBIII (n = 16)	value
Verbal paired-associate test
Trial 1 (n)	4.66 ± 1.49	3.31 ± 1.58	0.03
Covariant
Glycaemia (mg/dL)	97 ± 33	104 ± 31	0.97
Glycated hemoglobin (%)	5.54 ± 1.12	5.98 ± 0.99	0.75
Insulin (um/L)	22.9 ± 13.1	27.0 ± 34.9	0.48
HOMA-IR (value)	5.69 ± 4.26	8.39 ± 15.2	0.42
Total recall	17.8 ± 3.36	14.6 ± 3.59	0.02
Covariant
Glycaemia (mg/dL)	13.8 ± 27.4	16.4 ± 23.5	0.62
Glycated hemoglobin (%)	0.15 ± 0.35	0.17 ± 0.25	0.44
Insulin (um/L)	106 ± 47.6	86.3 ± 39.2	0.31
HOMA-IR (value)	5.69 ± 4.26	8.39 ± 15.2	0.35

Data are represented as mean with respective standard deviation. values are results of the GzLM test.