Obesity and Neurocognitive Performance of Memory, Attention, and Executive Function
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design and Participants
2.2. Eligibility Criteria
2.3. Data Collection
2.4. Measures
2.4.1. Sociodemographic and Health Information Sheet
2.4.2. Anthropometry
2.4.3. Memory
2.4.4. Attention
2.4.5. Executive Function
2.5. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Descriptives
3.2. Association between Cognitive Domain Tasks and Body Mass Index (BMI)
3.3. Differences in Neurocognitive Performance for Normal-Weight and Obese Groups
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Characteristics | Normal-Weight Group | Obese Group | p-Value |
---|---|---|---|
(n = 100) | (n = 75) | ||
Age | |||
Mean | 23.73 | 33.76 | <0.001 |
SD | 4.08 | 10.21 | |
Gender | |||
Female (%) | 57.14 | 42.86 | 0.000 |
Health comorbidity (%) | |||
Yes | 7.14 | 92.86 | <0.001 |
No | 61.49 | 38.57 | |
Depression | |||
Mean scores | 8.93 | 10.88 | 0.07 |
SD | 7.51 | 9.38 | |
BMI (kg/m2) | |||
Mean BMI | 22.27 | 39.46 | 0.000 |
SD | 1.91 | 9.17 |
Neurocognitive Test | BMI (n = 175) | |
---|---|---|
r | p-Value | |
Memory-delayed Recall | −0.185 ** | 0.001 |
Clock Drawing Test | −0.145 * | 0.010 |
Cube Copy | −0.158 ** | 0.005 |
Serial 7s | −0.202 ** | 0.000 |
Digit Span Test | −0.133 * | 0.018 |
Characteristics | Normal-Weight Group | Obese Group | 95% CI | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | t | p-Value | |
Executive function | 3.67 | 1.15 | 3.25 | 1.20 | 2.31 | 0.02 |
Attention | 5.41 | 0.88 | 5 | 1.27 | 2.38 | 0.01 |
Memory | 3.74 | 10.21 | 3.2 | 1.49 | 2.52 | 0.01 |
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Lentoor AG. Obesity and Neurocognitive Performance of Memory, Attention, and Executive Function. NeuroSci. 2022; 3(3):376-386. https://doi.org/10.3390/neurosci3030027
Chicago/Turabian StyleLentoor, Antonio G. 2022. "Obesity and Neurocognitive Performance of Memory, Attention, and Executive Function" NeuroSci 3, no. 3: 376-386. https://doi.org/10.3390/neurosci3030027