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At the pairwise level, poorer sleep quality, less moderate-to-vigorous housework, and several dietary structure indices (e.g., grain-to-vegetables and fruits ratio, plant\u00a0protein-to-total protein ratio, and pungent food intake frequency) were significantly associated with poorer verbal learning and memory. In fully adjusted GAMs, poorer sleep quality remained significantly associated with poorer 10-min and 30-min delayed recall, while more moderate-to-vigorous housework remained significantly associated with better Recognition. The plant\u00a0protein-to-total protein ratio retained a significant nonlinear (inverted U-shaped) association with Recognition, with performance peaking at a moderate proportion of plant protein (approximately 0.35\u20130.40). Higher pungent food intake frequency was associated with poorer 30-min delayed recall. None of the lifestyle factors remained significantly associated with total learning in GAMs sleep quality, moderate-to-vigorous housework engagement, and dietary structure, particularly a moderate plant\u00a0protein-to-total protein ratio and reduced pungent food intake, emerged as the most robust lifestyle correlates of verbal memory, though effect sizes were modest and largely specific to memory rather than learning. 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