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. 2017 Jan 25;7(2):227–236. doi: 10.1016/j.jshs.2017.01.005

Table 2.

Relationships among the parameters by N-back task, WCST, CPT-IP, and NIRS versus physical activity, TST, and sleep efficiency.

Simple correlation
Multiple regression analysis
Simple correlation
Multiple regression analysis
r p β p r p β p
0-back task % corrects Reaction time
Exercise amount −0.129 0.558 −0.139 0.554 −0.602 0.002* −0.634 0.002*
TST 0.040 0.856 0.030 0.900 0.006 0.980 −0.029 0.876
Sleep efficiency 0.038 0.862 0.052 0.831 0.092 0.678 0.204 0.293
1-back task % corrects Reaction time
Exercise amount 0.327 0.127 0.334 0.133 −0.446 0.033* −0.454 0.031*
TST 0.234 0.282 0.250 0.268 −0.314 0.145 −0.333 0.113
Sleep efficiency 0.030 0.893 −0.099 0.662 −0.044 0.841 0.128 0.536
2-back task % corrects Reaction time
Exercise amount 0.195 0.372 0.209 0.292 −0.113 0.607 −0.108 0.626
TST 0.486 0.019* 0.542 0.014* −0.332 0.121 −0.343 0.143
Sleep efficiency 0.024 0.913 −0.218 0.293 −0.067 0.760 0.052 0.823
WCST Category achievement Total errors
Exercise amount 0.080 0.719 0.119 0.604 −0.249 0.252 −0.212 0.336
TST −0.037 0.866 0.030 0.899 −0.246 0.257 −0.184 0.416
Sleep efficiency −0.216 0.322 −0.245 0.312 −0.271 0.211 −0.182 0.428
CPT-IP % corrects d prime
Exercise amount −0.163 0.458 −0.148 0.525 −0.036 0.869 −0.074 0.747
TST −0.084 0.704 −0.054 0.820 −0.034 0.876 −0.107 0.652
Sleep efficiency −0.121 0.584 −0.080 0.740 0.212 0.333 0.255 0.293
NIRS Peak OxyHb Time to the peak OxyHb
Exercise amount 0.407 0.054 0.394 0.067 0.326 0.130 0.373 0.091
TST 0.286 0.186 0.267 0.218 0.004 0.984 0.080 0.714
Sleep efficiency 0.154 0.483 0.011 0.960 −0.223 0.307 −0.308 0.176
NIRS Area under the NIRS curve Reaction time
Exercise amount 0.492 0.017* 0.486 0.023* 0.605 0.002* 0.576 0.004*
TST 0.227 0.297 0.211 0.311 0.171 0.436 0.102 0.586
Sleep efficiency 0.131 0.550 −0.010 0.960 0.279 0.197 0.155 0.417

Abbreviations: CPT-IP = Continuous Performance Test–Identical Pairs; NIRS = near-infrared spectroscopy; OxyHb = oxyhemoglobin; TST = total sleep time; WCST = Wisconsin Card Sorting Test.

p <0.05.