Skip to main content
. 2018 Nov 15;10:341. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2018.00341

Table 3.

Adjusted associations of tertiles of percent activity time by bout length with cognition outcomes, beta-coefficient (SE).

n-back DSC Task switching Flanker HVLT Global composite


% activity time One-back (n = 1,156) Two-back (n = 1,074) (n = 1,256) No (n = 1,110) Yes (n = 1,110) Congruent (n = 1,213) Incongruent (n = 1,213) Immediate (n = 1,257) Delayed (n = 1,251) (n = 1,258)
Daily total activity volume (≥1-min bouts)
A. Low Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
B. Medium <0.001 (0.011) 0.012 (0.015) 2.104 (0.827) -63.201 (72.822) -62.972 (91.951) -16.206 (15.502) -13.372 (22.447) 0.621 (0.351) 0.113 (0.191) 0.083 (0.046)
C. High 0.011 (0.013) -0.001 (0.016) 2.030 (0.854) -86.220 (74.541) -117.952 (94.122) -24.541 (15.993) -18.602 (23.158) 0.385 (0.363) 0.252 (0.197) 0.085 (0.047)
Daily ≥2-min activity bouts
E. Low Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
F. Medium 0.005 (0.013) 0.018 (0.016) 2.514 (0.826)∗∗ -42.912 (72.537) -49.930 (91.572) -14.145 (15.482) -11.805 (22.420) 1.001 (0.350)∗∗ 0.213 (0.191) 0.105 (0.045)
G. High 0.016 (0.013) 0.005 (0.016) 1.849 (0.849) -99.048 (74.116) -141.906 (93.566) -27.796 (15.895) -23.111 (23.019) 0.476 (0.360) 0.236 (0.196) 0.100 (0.047)
Daily ≥5-min activity bouts
I. Low Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
J. Medium -0.006 (0.013) 0.003 (0.015) 2.286 (0.825)∗∗ -77.574 (72.30) -50.018 (91.341) -24.840 (15.399) -41.153 (22.278) 1.045 (0.350)∗∗ 0.386 (0.190) 0.115 (0.045)
K. High 0.019 (0.013) 0.015 (0.016) 2.008 (0.845) -107.309 (73.880) -112.888 (93.326) -23.873 (15.850) -28.538 (22.931) 0.696 (0.358) 0.387 (0.194) 0.114 (0.046)

DSC, digit symbol coding; HVLT, Hopkins Verbal Learning Test; Ref, reference. Models adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, education, income, marital status, body mass index (kg/m2), smoking status, sleep quality, perceived stress, living with two or more morbid conditions. p < 0.05; ∗∗p < 0.01; ∗∗∗p < 0.001.