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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Alzheimers Dement. 2022 Jan 7;18(11):2023–2035. doi: 10.1002/alz.12530

Table 4.

Models demonstrating the size of the relationship between physical activity and brain tissue synaptic protein levels appears similar across brain regions.

Synaptophysin Synaptotagmin1 Syntaxin VAMP SNAP-25 Complexin-I Complexin-II
Coeff (se) Std Beta Coeff (se) Std Beta Coeff (se) Std Beta Coeff (se) Std Beta Coeff (se) Std Beta Coeff (se) Std Beta Coeff (se) Std Beta
Average Late Life Actigraphy (all participants, n=404)
Striatal 0.14 90.05) 0.16** 0.15 (0.05) 0.17** 0.10 (0.05) 0.12* 0.16 (0.05) 0.18** 0.12 (0.05) 0.14* 0.05 (0.04) 0.06 0.02 (0.04) 0.03
Hippo 0.10 (0.05) 0.12* 0.11 (0.05) 0.13* 0.10 (0.05) 0.11* 0.11 (0.05) 0.12* 0.09 (0.05) 0.11 0.08 (0.05) 0.09 0.01 (0.05) 0.01
Cortical 0.10 (0.05) 0.12* 0.10 (0.05) 0.11* 0.09 (0.05) 0.10 0.11 (0.05) 0.13* 0.10 (0.05) 0.12* 0.06 (0.04) 0.07 0.02 (0.04) 0.03
Occipital 0.12 (0.05) 0.14* 0.13 (0.05) 0.15** 0.11 (0.05) 0.13* 0.13 (0.05) 0.15** 0.12 (0.05) 0.14* 0.05 (0.05) 0.05 0.07 (0.05) 0.08
Actigraphy 0–2yr to death (n=150)
Striatal 0.27 (0.07) 0.33** 0.27 (0.07) 0.32** 0.22 (0.07) 0.28** 0.26 (0.08) 0.30** 0.22 (0.07) 0.27** 0.12 (0.07) 0.16 −0.07 (0.06) −0.10
Hippo 0.29 (0.07) 0.34** 0.32 (0.08) 0.37** 0.26 (0.07) 0.31** 0.25 (0.08) 0.31** 0.29 (0.08) 0.34** 0.30 (0.08) 0.33** −0.01 (0.07) −0.01
Cortical 0.26 (0.07) 0.31** 0.26 (0.08) 0.31** 0.22 (0.07) 0.27** 0.23 (0.08) 0.27** 0.25 (0.07) 0.30** 0.18 (0.07) 0.23** −0.03 (0.07) −0.04
Occipital 0.28 (0.07) 0.33** 0.29 (0.08) 0.33** 0.24 (0.08) 0.30** 0.27 (0.07) 0.32** 0.28 (0.08) 0.32** 0.17 (0.08) 0.20* 0.01 (0.08) 0.01
Actigraphy 3+yr to death (n=154)
Striatal 0.17 (0.08) 0.21* 0.20 (0.08) 0.25** 0.13 (0.07) 0.17 0.23 (0.07) 0.30** 0.15 (0.08) 0.19 0.13 (0.07) 0.16 0.02 (0.07) 0.03
Hippo 0.13 (0.08) 0.15 0.21 (0.08) 0.26** 0.14 (0.08) 0.17 0.17 (0.07) 0.22* 0.17 (0.08) 0.20* 0.08 (0.09) 0.09 0.001 (0.08) 0.001
Cortical 0.14 (0.08) 0.17 0.17 (0.08) 0.21* 0.11 (0.08) 0.13 0.19 (0.08) 0.23* 0.15 (0.08) 0.18 0.11 (0.07) 0.15 0.02 (0.07) 0.03
Occipital 0.09 (0.08) 0.10 0.17 (0.08 0.20* 0.10 (0.08) 0.12 0.16 (0.08) 0.18 0.09 (0.08) 0.11 0.11 (0.08) 0.14 0.08 (0.08) 0.10

Note.

*

p<0.05;

**

p<0.01;

Average Late Life Actigraphy models adjusted for age at death, sex, education, and average late life motor10 performance. All other models adjusted for age at visit, sex, education and motor10 performance at visit. “Cortical” represents middle frontal and inferior temporal gyri. Hippo = hippocampal.