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The correlation between glycemic variability and MTA is unclear, and it has not been determined whether glycemic variability can be utilized as a biomarker of MTA and cognitive performance.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>The patients in a memory clinic who underwent brain MRI scans and cognitive assessments within the first week of their hospital visit, were enrolled. All participants underwent three fasting blood glucose and one HBA1c assessments on three self-selected days within 1 week of their first visit. The variability independent of the mean (VIM) was employed. Validated visual scales were used to rate the MTA results. The mini-mental state examination (MMSE) and Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) scales were employed to assess the cognitive functions of the participants. Spearman\u2019s correlation and regression models were used to examine the relationship between the MMSE and MoCA scales, and also determine the link between the MRI characteristics and cognitive status, where vascular risk factors, educational status, age, gender, and mean glucose parameters served as covariates.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Four hundred sixty-one subjects completed the MMSE scale, while 447 participants completed the MoCA scale. Data analysis revealed that 47.72% of the participants were men (220\/461), and the median age of the patients was 69.87 \u00b1 5.37 years. The findings of Spearman\u2019s correlation analysis exhibited a strong negative relationship between the VIM and MMSE score (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic> = \u22120.729, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.01), and the MoCA score (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic> = \u22120.710, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.01). The VIM was regarded as an independent risk factor for determining cognitive impairment in both the MMSE and MoCA assessments. The results were unaffected by sensitivity analysis. In addition, a non-linear relationship was observed between the VIM and MTA scores.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>The variability in the blood glucose levels, which was presented as VIM, was related to the reduced cognitive function, which was reflected by MMSE and MoCA scales. The relationship between the VIM and the MTA score was non-linear. 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