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Published in final edited form as: Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2012 Feb 27;54(3):e398–e404. doi: 10.1016/j.archger.2012.02.002

Table 2.

Descriptive Data for Leisure Activities, Inflammation, and Cognitive Function

	Middle-age group				Old-age group

	CVDRFs ≤ 1 (n = 83)	CVDRFs = 2 (n = 121)	CVDRFs ≥ 3 (n = 201)	F	CVDRFs ≤ 1 (n = 110)	CVDRFs = 2 (n = 112)	CVDRFs ≥ 3 (n = 120)	F

Mental activities, mean (SD)	3.34 (0.73)	3.25 (0.75)	3.21 (0.82)	0.88	3.23 (0.87)	3.18 (0.84)	3.21 (0.90)	0.10
Physical activities, mean (SD) ^b	3.52 (1.35)	3.61 (1.26)	3.71 (1.37)	0.59	3.26 (1.36)	3.47 (1.47)	3.26 (1.44)	0.78
Social activities ^a, mean (SD)	1.07 (1.01)	1.06 (0.96)	1.02 (0.98)	0.11	1.19 (1.02)	1.29 (1.03)	1.10 (1.01)	1.00
IL-6 ^a, mean (SD) ^b	0.52 (0.60) ^c	0.71 (0.70) ^d	0.80 (0.65) ^d	5.24^**	0.78 (0.64) ^c	0.75 (0.64) ^c	1.08 (0.72) ^d	8.78^***
CRP ^a, mean (SD)	−0.04 (1.08) c	0.44 (1.01) ^d	0.60 (0.94) ^d	12.43^***	0.002 (1.00) ^c	0.28 (0.92) ^c	0.59 (0.92) ^d	11.02^***
Episodic memory, mean (SD) ^b	0.22 (0.74)	0.28 (0.85)	0.14 (0.89)	1.00	−0.08 (0.91) ^c	−0.28 (0.95) ^{c, d}	−0.39 (0.85) ^d	3.30^*
Executive function, mean (SD) ^b	0.41 (0.76)	0.31 (0.82)	0.32 (0.83)	0.39	−0.19 (0.77) ^{c, d}	−0.15 (0.90) ^c	−0.40 (0.79) ^d	3.21^*

Note.

Log-transformed scores.

Scores of the variables were significantly differed by age group.

^{c, d}

Each subscript letter denotes a subset of education categories whose column proportions do not differ significantly from each other.

p < .05;

^**

p < .01;

^***

p < .001.