Table 3.

Subgroup analysis of association between type of social engagement and cognitive decline measured via K-MMSE.

	Men			Women
	β*	S.E	p-value	β*	S.E	p-value
Type of social engagement
Religious
Consistently engaged	Ref			Ref
Non-engaged to engaged	0.946	1.910	0.620	0.383
Engaged to non-engaged	− 0.786	1.899	0.679	− 1.398	1.154	0.226
Consistently non-engaged	− 2.556	1.451	0.078	− 2.039	0.924	0.027
Senior Center
Consistently engaged	Ref			Ref
Non-engaged to engaged	− 0.656	0.788	0.405	− 0.496	0.446	0.266
Engaged to non-engaged	− 1.570	0.804	0.051	− 0.686	0.470	0.144
Consistently non-engaged	− 1.987	0.555	0.000	− 1.743	0.302	< .0001
Sport
Consistently engaged	Ref			Ref
Non-engaged to engaged	− 0.353	5.652	0.950	0.101	2.574	0.969
Engaged to non-engaged	1.287	5.679	0.821	0.759	2.623	0.772
Consistently non-engaged	− 1.942	5.388	0.719	− 1.378	2.315	0.552
Reunion
Consistently engaged	–			–
Non-engaged to engaged	–			–
Engaged to non-engaged	–			–
Consistently non-engaged	–			–
Volunteer
Consistently engaged	–			–
Non-engaged to engaged	–			–
Engaged to non-engaged	–			–
Consistently non-engaged	–			–
Political
Consistently engaged	–			–
Non-engaged to engaged	–			–
Engaged to non-engaged	–			–
Consistently non-engaged	–			–