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Table 4 Relationship between PA volume and occurrence of cognitive impairment in middle-aged and older adults

From: Relationship between different physical activity parameters and cognitive impairment in middle-aged and older adults: insights from a 4-year longitudinal study

PA volume

Event/participants

Cognitive impairment

RR (95% CI)

Adjusted RRa (95% CI)

LPA

 Inactive

32/79

1.00 (ref.)

1.00 (ref.)

 10–149 min/w

13/40

0.79 (0.74 – 1.33)

0.89 (0.53 – 1.50)

 ≥ 150 min/w

178/692

0.63 (0.47 – 0.84)*

0.61 (0.46 – 0.82)*

MPA

 Inactive

32/79

1.00 (ref.)

1.00 (ref.)

 10–149 min/w

17/35

0.98 (0.78 – 1.67)

0.99 (0.85 – 2.04)

 ≥ 150 min/w

125/484

0.64 (0.47 – 0.87)*

0.63 (0.47 – 0.86)*

VPA

 Inactive

32/79

1.00 (ref.)

1.00 (ref.)

 10–149 min/w

6/20

0.75 (0.36 – 1.54)

0.70 (0.32 – 1.49)

 ≥ 150 min/w

67/248

0.67 (0.48 – 0.94)*

0.63 (0.45 – 0.88)*

  1. Abbreviations: VPA vigorous physical activity, MPA moderate physical activity, LPA light physical activity, RR relative risk, 95% CI 95% confidential intervals; min/w, minutes/week
  2. *p < 0.05
  3. aAdjusted for gender, age, marital status, education levels, smoking status, alcohol drinking frequency, hypertension, dyslipidemia, nervous, or psychiatric problems and memory-related disease