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. 2020 Aug;92:34–42. doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2020.03.014

Table 5.

Biomedical, lifestyle, and cognitive measures in relation to brain-age

Measure UK Biobank data field # Estimate Standard error T-value p FDR corrected-P ηp2
Biomedical
 Diastolic blood pressure 4079 0.049 0.005 9.520 <0.001 <0.001 0.0074
 Systolic blood pressure 4080 0.028 0.003 9.433 <0.001 <0.001 0.0073
 Body mass index 21001 0.008 0.013 0.646 0.518 1.000 0
 Weight 21002 0.006 0.005 1.400 0.162 1.000 0.0001
 Hip circumference 49 −0.080 0.006 −1.381 0.167 1.000 0.0001
 Diabetesa 2443 2.115 0.207 10.208 <0.001 <0.001 0.0071
 Strokea 4056 2.695 0.407 6.614 <0.001 <0.001 0.0030
 Facial aginga 1757 −0.550 0.462 −1.201 0.230 1.000 0.0001
Lifestyle
 Smoking statusa 20116 0.879 0.102 8.636 <0.001 <0.001 0.0070
 Alcohol intake frequencya 1558 −0.997 0.147 −6.776 <0.001 <0.001 0.0090
 Duration of moderate activity 894 0.001 0.001 0.279 0.780 1.000 0
 Duration of vigorous activity 914 −0.001 0.001 −0.461 0.645 1.000 0
Cognitive performance
 Fluid intelligence 20016 −0.147 0.024 −5.998 <0.001 <0.001 0.0027
 Trail making task: duration to complete numeric path trail 1 6348 0.003 0.001 2.712 0.007 0.121 0.0012
 Trail making task: duration to complete alphanumeric path trail 2 6350 0.002 0.001 5.667 <0.001 <0.001 0.0054
 Matrix pattern completion: number of puzzles correctly solved 6373 −0.218 0.037 −5.882 <0.001 <0.001 0.0059
 Matrix pattern completion: duration spent answering each puzzle 6333 0.010 0.007 1.452 0.147 1.000 0.0004
 Tower rearranging: number of puzzles correct 6382 −0.117 0.021 −5.468 <0.001 <0.001 0.0050

All other variables are continuous.

Key: FDR, false discovery rate. ηp2, partial eta-squared effect size.

a

Indicates categorical variable.