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Table 1 Sample characteristics of respondents

From: Cognitive function and the agreement between self-reported and accelerometer-accessed physical activity

 

Mean (SD) / Percentage

p-value

Total

Men

Women

 

(n = 1172)

(n = 658)

(n = 514)

Physical activity

 Self-reported (minutes / day)

96.1

(79.2)

101.6

(82.3)

89.1

(74.8)

.008

 Accelerometer-assessed (minutes / day)

104.7

(39.9)

105.1

(40.9)

104.1

(38.5)

.679

 Mean differencesa (minutes / day)

−8.5

(75.2)

−3.5

(77.0)

−15.0

(72.6)

.002

Memory

 Cognitive functionb (0–74)

53.1

(9.3)

51.6

(9.2)

55.0

(9.1)

< .001

 MMSEc (0–30)

28.5

(1.2)

28.5

(1.2)

28.6

(1.2)

.363

 Word list learning (0–30)

18.7

(3.9)

18.0

(3.7)

19.6

(3.9)

< .001

 Word list recall (0–10)

5.6

(2.3)

5.2

(2.3)

6.0

(2.3)

< .001

 Word list recognition discriminability (0–10)

8.7

(1.8)

8.4

(1.9)

8.9

(1.6)

< .001

 Verbal fluency (0–24)

20.2

(4.2)

20.0

(4.3)

20.4

(3.9)

.132

Control Variables

 Age (years)

75.3

(6.5)

75.7

(6.5)

74.8

(6.6)

.011

 School education (%)

  low (<=9 years)

55.3

53.0

58.0

< .001

  middle (10 years)

23.3

19.3

28.6

 

  high (> 10 years)

21.4

27.7

13.4

 

 Body mass index (kg/m2)d

27.6

(4.0)

27.9

(3.5)

27.2

(4.5)

.002

 Self-rated healthe

3.1

(0.7)

3.1

(0.7)

3.1

(0.7)

.984

 Average temperature (°C)

12.2

(9.3)

12.2

(9.5)

12.2

(9.1)

.749

  1. Notes. aquestionnaire - accelerometer; bbased on 4 items (immediate memory, delayed memory, recognition memory and semantic fluency); cMini Mental State Examination; dweight/height2; eranging from 1 to 5, higher values indicate better health