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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int Psychogeriatr. 2018 Jul 18;31(5):713–722. doi: 10.1017/S1041610218001059

Table 2.

The unadjusted associations of background, health, social network and physical activity with mean standardized cognition at follow-up: Pearson correlations

Variables Cognition at follow-up
R
Background
 Femalea −0.01
 Age −0.35***
 Married or partneredb   0.06***
 Secondary educationc   0.14***
 Post-secondary educationc   0.25***
 Financial capacity
  With some difficultyd −0.11***
  Fairly easilyd   0.02*
  Easilyd   0.17***
Health
 # chronic diseases −0.10***
 ADL −0.20***
 IADL limitations −0.30***
 Perceived health   0.27***
Mean standardized cognition at baseline   0.61***
Social network size (SN)   0.15***
Physical activity (PA)
 Moderatee   0.09***
 Highe   0.17***
*

p < .05;

**

p < .01;

***

p < .001

Reference categories

a

male

b

not married or partnered

c

primary education or less

d

With great difficulty

e

low (hardly ever or never).