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. 2020 Apr 10;20:132. doi: 10.1186/s12877-020-01538-3

Table 2.

Association between baseline physical activity and risk of dementia

Model 1a All-cause dementia Model 2b All-cause dementia Model 3b Incident cases at the first follow-up visit excluded All-cause dementia Model 4b Alzheimer’s dementia Model 5b Incident AD cases at the first follow-up visit excluded Alzheimer’s dementia
n/N = 117/1550 n/N = 117/1550 n/N = 89/1521 n/N = 79/1511 n/N = 57/1489
HR (95%CI) p HR (95%CI) p HR (95%CI) p HR (95%CI) p HR (95%CI) p
Household/transportation activities
  ≤ 1.6 1 (Ref) 1 (Ref) 1 (Ref) 1 (Ref) 1 (Ref)
 ]1.6–2.0] 0.53 [0.34–0.82] 0.005 0.55 [0.35–0.87] 0.01 0.57 [0.34–0.97] 0.04 0.49 [0.28–0.86] 0.01 0.57 [0.29–1.10] 0.10
  > 2.0 0.55 [0.34–0.90] 0.02 0.62 [0.38–1.01] 0.06 0.70 [0.40–1.24] 0.22 0.65 [0.36–1.16] 0.14 0.85 [0.43–1.68] 0.65
Leisure and sport activities
 None 1 (Ref) 1 (Ref) 1 (Ref) 1 (Ref) 1 (Ref)
 ]0–8.18] 1.18 [0.79–1.78] 0.42 1.36 [0.89–2.06] 0.15 1.12 [0.69–1.81] 0.66 1.46 [0.88–2.42] 0.15 1.08 [0.60–1.97] 0.80
  > 8.18 1.03 [0.57–1.86] 0.92 1.33 [0.72–2.44] 0.36 1.17 [0.59–2.32] 0.65 1.43 [0.68–3.00] 0.35 1.15 [0.48–2.73] 0.76

n/N = number of cases/total

HR Hazard Ratio, CI Confidence Interval

a Minimally adjusted Cox proportional hazard model: adjusted for age, center, sex, APOE, and education level

b Multi-adjusted Cox proportional hazard model: adjusted for age, center, sex, APOE, education level, living alone, diabetes, depressive symptomatology, cardiovascular disease