Skip to main content
. 2019 Sep 6;75(9):1633–1642. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glz200

Table 2.

Estimates of Fixed Effects for Physical Activity and Cognitive Decline as Modified by Sex

95% Confidence Interval
β SE p Lower Upper Type III Test p
Intercept 118.48 1.12 <.001 116.28 120.68 <.001
Time (y) 0.06 0.06 .291 −0.06 0.18 .029
Time2 −0.04 0.01 <.001 −0.05 −0.03 .088
Physical activity (ref = mod–vig) <.001
 Sedentary −5.14 1.25 <.001 −7.59 −2.69
 Light −0.36 0.39 .362 −1.13 0.41
Physical activity × Time .072
 Sedentary × Time −0.18 0.38 .624 −0.92 0.55
 Light × Time −0.69 0.16 <.001 −1.01 −0.38
Physical activity × Time2 .099
 Sedentary × Time2 0.02 0.03 .565 −0.04 0.08
 Light × Time2 0.05 0.02 .001 0.02 0.08
Less than HS educ −2.65 0.18 <.001 −3.00 −2.30 <.001
Baseline age −0.36 0.01 <.001 −0.39 −0.34 <.001
Male −1.69 0.20 <.001 −2.08 −1.30 .005
No APOE e4 allele 0.51 0.19 .008 0.13 0.88 .008
Subjective health (ref = poor) <.001
 Excellent 2.56 0.40 <.001 1.78 3.34
 Good 2.28 0.38 <.001 1.53 3.03
 Fair 1.72 0.39 <.001 0.96 2.49
BMI (ref = obese) .001
 Underweight −2.61 0.69 <.001 −3.96 −1.26
 Normal weight −0.00 0.25 .997 −0.50 0.50
 Overweight −0.20 0.25 .430 −0.69 0.30
Physical activity × Sex .005
 Sedentary × Male 1.97 1.74 .257 −1.44 5.37
 Light × Male −2.15 0.71 .002 −3.54 −0.77
Male × Time −0.10 0.09 .279 −0.27 0.08 .929
Male × Time2 0.01 0.01 .529 −0.01 0.02 .861
Physical activity × Sex × Time .001
 Sedentary × Male × Time −0.76 0.60 .204 −1.92 0.41
 Light × Male × Time 0.99 0.29 .001 0.42 1.56
Physical activity × Sex × Time2 .006
 Sedentary × Male × Time2 0.07 0.05 .172 −0.03 0.18
 Light × Male × Time2 −0.08 0.03 .004 −0.13 −0.03

Notes: BMI = body mass index; APOE = apolipoprotein E; HS = high school. Model parameters excluded persons missing on any primary predictors and covariates. Nested model comparisons used the same model parameters.