TABLE 3.

Results of multiple linear regression analyses for the associations between PASE categories and cognition.

	Total score		Episodic memory score		Non-memory score
	β	p	β	p	β	p
Overall
Model 1 a
High	0.124	0.032	0.140	0.007	0.067	0.335
Medium	0.075	0.201	0.075	0.152	0.079	0.264
Low	Reference		Reference		Reference
Model 2 b
High	0.128	0.028	0.146	0.005	0.068	0.338
Medium	0.066	0.256	0.067	0.204	0.074	0.302
Low	Reference		Reference		Reference
APOE4-negstive
Model 1 a
High	0.043	0.867	0.117	0.584	−0.179	0.520
Medium	−0.090	0.706	−0.099	0.620	−0.194	0.455
Low	Reference		Reference		Reference
Model 2 b
High	0.107	0.634	0.098	0.637	−0.078	0.775
Medium	−0.208	0.348	−0.188	0.359	−0.366	0.186
Low	Reference		Reference		Reference
APOE4-positive
Model 1 a
High	0.143	0.022	0.140	0.016	0.095	0.206
Medium	0.091	0.146	0.110	0.060	0.098	0.198
Low	Reference		Reference		Reference
Model 2 b
High	0.147	0.018	0.148	0.011	0.097	0.207
Medium	0.096	0.122	0.113	0.054	0.101	0.192
Low	Reference		Reference		Reference
Young-old age (65–70 years)
Model 1 a
High	0.114	0.194	0.077	0.349	0.074	0.518
Medium	0.089	0.335	0.100	0.259	0.182	0.138
Low	Reference		Reference		Reference
Model 2 b
High	0.147	0.107	0.088	0.313	0.108	0.365
Medium	0.068	0.476	0.082	0.368	0.171	0.175
Low	Reference		Reference		Reference
Old-old age (> 70 years)
Model 1 a
High	0.109	0.179	0.202	0.005	0.023	0.805
Medium	0.009	0.917	0.061	0.402	−0.032	0.745
Low	Reference		Reference		Reference
Model 2 b
High	0.099	0.223	0.190	0.008	0.020	0.834
Medium	−0.003	0.970	0.042	0.559	−0.035	0.727
Low	Reference		Reference		Reference

PASE, physical activity scale for the elderly; APOE4, apolipoprotein ε4; GDS, geriatric depression scale; VRS, vascular risk score.

^a Adjusted for age, sex, APOE4, education, clinical diagnosis, GDS, VRS, alcohol intake, and dietary pattern.

^b Adjusted for covariates in Model 1 plus blood nutritional markers.