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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Feb 16.
Published in final edited form as: Alzheimers Dement. 2022 Apr 27;19(2):507–517. doi: 10.1002/alz.12677

TABLE 4.

Physical activity and risk of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias by race/ethnicity

Black
Japanese American
Latino
Native Hawaiian
White
P-heterogeneity by ethnicity
Cases HR (95% CI)a Cases HR (95% CI)a Cases HR (95% CI)a Cases HR (95% CI)a Cases HR (95% CI)a
Moderate/vigorous activity
 <2.5 hours/week 566 1.00 (ref) 737 1.00 (ref) 699 1.00 (ref) 116 1.00 (ref) 442 1.00 (ref)
 2.5 to <5 hours/week 616 1.01 (0.90–1.13) 1002 0.91 (0.83–1.00) 468 1.05 (0.93–1.18) 167 1.00 (0.78–1.27) 625 0.90 (0.79–1.01)
 5 to <7 hours/week 416 0.95 (0.84–1.09) 894 0.78 (0.71–0.86) 379 1.03(0.90–1.17) 130 0.71(0.55–0.9217) 633 0.82 (0.73–0.93)
 7 to <14 hours/week 371 1.02 (0.89–1.17) 922 0.87 (0.79–0.96) 309 0.91 (0.79–1.04) 164 0.80 (0.62–1.02) 793 0.81 (0.72–0.92)
 ≥14 hours/week 298 0.99 (0.86–1.15) 966 0.79 (0.72–0.87) 270 0.93 (0.81–1.0) 173 0.81 (0.64–1.04) 883 0.81 (0.72–0.91)
P-trend 0.99 <0.001 0.14 0.23 0.007 0.52
Total sitting
 <5 hours/day 463 1.00 (ref) 895 1.00 (ref) 699 1.00 (ref) 168 1.00 (ref) 559 1.00 (ref)
 5 to <7 hours/day 516 1.11 (0.98–1.26) 1135 1.00 (0.91–1.09) 495 1.01 (0.90–1.13) 173 1.10 (0.89–1.36) 771 0.99 (0.89–1.10)
 7 to <9 hours/day 450 1.02 (0.90–1.16) 1005 0.96 (0.87–1.05) 342 0.86 (0.75–0.98) 1352 0.84 (0.67–1.06) 821 0.97 (0.87–1.08)
 9 to <12 hours/day 486 1.10 (0.96–1.25) 958 0.98 (0.90–1.08) 339 0.92 (0.80–1.05) 16439 0.93 (0.75–1.16) 780 0.93 (0.84–1.04)
 ≥12 hours/day 352 1.04 (0.90–1.20) 528 0.93 (0.83–1.03) 250 1.09 (0.94–1.26) 110 0.86 (0.67–1.1026) 445 1.01 (0.89–1.15)
P-trend 0.61 0.21 0.94 0.12 0.70 0.45
a

Adjusted for age at cohort entry, age at Medicare surveillance start, sex, education, history of hypertension, history of heart disease, history of stroke, history of diabetes, Medicare usage (in-patient and out-patient claims separately, number per year), marital status, smoking status, pack-years of cigarette smoking, body mass index, alcohol consumption, and Healthy Eating Index-2015. For moderate/vigorous activity, further adjusted for total sitting. For total sitting, further adjusted for moderate/vigorous activity.