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Table 5 Association between cognitive function and anthropometric indices of participants

From: Body composition is related to cognitive function among young adults in Ghana

Variables

R value; P value

TMT-A

TMT-B

Body fat percentage

r = 0.120, p = 0.019

r = 0.133 p = 0.009

Muscle mass percentage

r = -0.141, p = 0.006

r = -0.144, p = 0.005

BMI

r = −0.070, p = 0.170

r = −0.057, p = 0.263

WHR

r = −0.012, p = 0.809

r = 0.060, p = 0.240

  1. *P value< 0.05