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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Mar 10.
Published in final edited form as: Dev Neurobiol. 2019 Apr 1;79(7):738–749. doi: 10.1002/dneu.22677

Table 4.

Leisure Activity at Baseline as a Moderator Between Change in Brain β-amyloid and Change in Episodic Memory from Baseline to Follow-Up

Change Free and Cued Recall Change Cued Intrusions Change Pictures Recognition
β (SE) β (SE) β (SE)
Cognitively Stimulating Leisure Activity
Constant (0.30)** (0.22)** (0.35)
Chronological Age −0.11 (0.01) −0.12 (0.00) 0.08 (0.01)
Mental Age −0.31 (0.02) −0.17 (0.02) −0.07 (0.03)
Leisure 0.24 (0.03) 0.32 (0.02)* 0.18 (0.04)
Change β-amyloid 0.24 (0.04) 0.19 (0.03) −0.01 (0.05)
Leisure X Change β-amyloid −0.25 (0.02) −0.24 (0.02) −0.12 (0.03)
Social Leisure Activity
Constant (0.30)** (0.21)** (0.32)
Chronological Age −0.06 (0.01) −0.05 (0.00) 0.11 (0.01)
Mental Age −0.18 (0.02) −0.01 (0.02) −0.03 (0.02)
Leisure 0.21 (0.03) 0.28 (0.02) 0.42 (0.03)*
Change β-amyloid 0.45 (0.04)* 0.47 (0.03)* 0.14 (0.05)
Leisure X Change β-amyloid −0.29 (0.04)† −0.41 (0.03)* −0.13 (0.05)
Physical Leisure Activity
Constant (0.31)* (0.23)** (0.34)
Chronological Age −0.06 (0.01) −0.07 (0.01) 0.18 (0.01)
Mental Age −0.13 (0.02) 0.03 (0.02) −0.04 (0.02)
Leisure 0.15 (0.03) 0.07 (0.02) 0.01 (0.04)
Change β-amyloid 0.31 (0.04) 0.28 (0.03) 0.10 (0.05)
Leisure X Change β-amyloid −0.16 (0.05) −0.16 (0.03) 0.26 (0.05)
Overall Leisure Activity
Constant (0.28)** (0.20)** (0.34)†
Chronological Age −0.11 (0.01) −0.11 (0.00) 0.09 (0.01)
Mental Age −0.29 (0.02) −0.14 (0.01) −0.08 (0.02)
Leisure 0.35 (0.03)* 0.39 (0.02)* 0.33 (0.04)
Change β-amyloid 0.27 (0.04) 0.23 (0.03) 0.01 (0.05)
Leisure X Change β-amyloid −0.42 (0.04)** −0.46 (0.03)** −0.13 (0.04)

Note.

p<.10,

*

p < .05,

**

p< .01.

Note. Due to log transformation of all episodic memory variables, greater change from baseline to follow-up values indicate less decline in episodic memory.