Hypertension, Sarcopenia, and Global Cognitive Function in Community-Dwelling Older Women: A Preliminary Study

Table 4

Results from multiple linear regression to predict MMSE.

Dependent variable	Predictor variable	Unstandardized beta	Standardized beta		sr^2
MMSE	Absolute muscle mass (kg)	0.045	0.078	0.729	0.02
	Appendicular skeletal muscle mass (kg)	−0.144	−0.133	0.577	−0.03
	Janssen index (kg/m^2)	0.065	0.146	0.322	0.05
	Baumgartner index (kg/m^2)	0.026	0.078	0.507	0.04
	Walking speed (m/s)	−0.317	−0.024	0.836	−0.01
	Short physical performance battery (points)	0.342	0.147	0.201	0.07
	Sit-to-stand (s)	0.008	0.043	0.703	0.02
	HTN	−2.255	−0.407	0.002	−0.18

MMSE = Mini-Mental State Examination; HTN = hypertension; sr² = square of semipartial correlation; R = 0.528, R² = 0.279; adjusted R².