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The interactions of BMI with CNQ in the progress of cognitive function were also estimated.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results<\/jats:bold>: The participants with higher CNQ had a significantly low risk of cognitive impairment than those with lower CNQ score (<jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic> = 0.067, 95% CI: 0.031, 0.103), and the results remained similar (<jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic> = 0.039, 95% CI: 0.004, 0.075) after controlling other confounding variables. Furthermore, there was an interaction between BMI with CNQ score (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001) for the risk of cognitive impairment. In BMI-stratified analysis, we found that the association of CNQ and cognitive function was not statistically significant in overweight or obese population (<jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic> = 0.019, 95% CI: \u22120.032, 0.070), but was statistically significant in people with lower BMI (<jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic> = 0.059, 95% CI: 0.010, 0.107).<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusions<\/jats:bold>: Higher CNQ score is significantly associated with the lower risk of cognitive dysfunction in adulthood. 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