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. 2020 Nov 24;76(8):1504–1511. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glaa294

Table 1.

Overall Participant Characteristics and by Daily Physical Activity

Overall (n = 301) High Daily Active Minutes (n = 100) Medium Daily Active Minutes (n = 100) Low Daily Active Minutes (n = 101) p Value for Trend
Age in years, mean (SD) 77.2 (7.2) 75.5 (7.2) 77.9 (7.1) 78.1 (6.9) .01
Women, n (%) 177 (58.8) 69 (69.0) 65 (65.0) 43 (42.6) <.001
Black, n (%) 64 (21.3) 27 (27.0) 21 (21.0) 16 (5.8) .07
Years of education, mean (SD) 17.1 (2.5) 16.9 (2.5) 17.3 (2.6) 17.2 (2.4) .38
Body mass index, kg/m2, n (%) 27.0 (4.6) 27.1 (4.7) 26.3 (4.4) 27.7 (4.7) .37
No. of morbid conditions, n (%) 2.5 (1.3) 2.5 (1.2) 2.3 (1.2) 2.5 (1.5) .98
 0 16 (5.3) 2 (2.0) 8 (8.0) 6 (5.9) .16
 1 52 (17.3) 17 (17.0) 16 (16.0) 19 (18.8) .87
 2 or more 233 (77.4) 81 (81.0) 76 (76.0) 76 (75.3) .57
 Hypertension, n (%) 143 (47.5) 56 (56.0) 41 (41.0) 46 (45.5) .09
 Stroke or TIA, n (%) 20 (6.6) 5 (5.0) 6 (6.0) 9 (8.9) .51
 Cardiovascular disease, n (%) 33 (11.0) 4 (4.0) 13 (13.0) 16 (15.8) .02
 Hyperlipidemia, n (%) 187 (62.1) 63 (63.0) 59 (59.0) 65 (64.4) .72
 Pulmonary disease, n (%) 32 (10.6) 9 (9.0) 8 (8.0) 15 (14.9) .23
 Diabetes, n (%) 49 (16.3) 23 (23.0) 8 (8.0) 18 (17.8) .01
 Cancer, n (%) 100 (33.2) 29 (29.0) 32 (32.0) 39 (38.6) .33
 Osteoarthritis, n (%) 175 (58.1) 65 (65.0) 61 (61.0) 49 (48.5) .05
MMSE score ranging from 0 to 30, mean (SD) 28.5 (1.3) 28.6 (1.4) 28.5 (1.4) 28.5 (1.3) .64
CES-D score ranging from 0 to 25, mean (SD) 4.7 (4.6) 4.9 (4.5) 4.2 (4.1) 5.0 (5.1) .76
Usual gait speed, m/s, mean (SD) 1.1 (0.2) 1.1 (0.2) 1.1 (0.2) 1.1 (0.2) .48
Apolipoprotein E e4 risk allele, n (%) 71 (23.6) 23 (23.0) 20 (20.0) 28 (27.7) .43
Intracranial volume, cc, mean (SD) 1389.6 (132.1) 1360.1 (129.6) 1375.5 (118.3) 1432.8 (137.6) <.001

Notes: TIA = transient ischemic attack; MMSE = Mini-Mental State Examination where higher scores represent the higher cognitive mental state (51) (n = 298); CES-D = Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression where higher scores represent higher depressive-like symptoms (27).