Association of non-exercise physical activity in mid- and late-life with cognitive trajectories and the impact of APOE ε4 genotype status: the Mayo Clinic Study of Aging
Document Type
Article
Abstract
© 2019, The Author(s). In this study derived from the population-based Mayo Clinic Study of Aging, we investigated whether non-exercise physical activity (PA) was associated with global and domain-specific cognitive trajectories (memory, language, visuospatial skills, attention) and whether the association differed by apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε4 genotype status. We included 2061 community-dwelling individuals aged ≥ 70 years (50.5% males, 26.7% APOE ε4 carriers) who were cognitively unimpaired at baseline and on whom serial cognitive data and self-reported information on non-exercise PA were available. We specifically inquired about non-exercise PA carried out at two time points, i.e., midlife (between 50 and 65 years of age) and late-life (within 1 year prior to assessment) and three intensity levels, i.e., light (e.g., laundry), moderate (e.g., scrubbing floors) and heavy (e.g., hard manual labor). Linear mixed-effect models revealed that engaging in midlife PA of moderate or heavy intensity was associated with significantly less-pronounced decline of z-scores in all cognitive domains. Similarly, participants that engaged in late-life moderate or heavy PA had less decline in visuospatial, attention and global z-scores than non-active peers. These associations varied depending on APOE ε4 carrier status, i.e., APOE ε4 non-carriers but not APOE ε4 carriers that engaged in late-life PA had less decline in cognitive z-scores. In contrast, engaging in midlife PA, irrespective of intensity, was significantly associated with less decline in memory function only among APOE ε4 carriers.
Publication Date
12-1-2019
Publication Title
European Journal of Ageing
ISSN
16139372
Volume
16
Issue
4
First Page
491
Last Page
502
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1007/s10433-019-00513-1
Recommended Citation
Krell-Roesch, Janina; Syrjanen, Jeremy A.; Vassilaki, Maria; Barisch-Fritz, Bettina; Trautwein, Sandra; Boes, Klaus; Woll, Alexander; Kremers, Walter K.; Machulda, Mary M.; Mielke, Michelle M.; Knopman, David S.; Petersen, Ronald C.; and Geda, Yonas E., "Association of non-exercise physical activity in mid- and late-life with cognitive trajectories and the impact of APOE ε4 genotype status: the Mayo Clinic Study of Aging" (2019). Neurology. 337.
https://scholar.barrowneuro.org/neurology/337