Cognitive Benefits of Activity Engagement among 12,093 Adults Aged over 65 Years.

ABSTRACT: The present study includes two aims: (1) to understand patterns of activity engagement among older Chinese adults; (2) to further investigate associations between activity engagement and cognitive abilities in this population. Latent class analysis was applied to answer the aforementioned research questions across different age ranges while controlling for confounding variables (age, health, socioeconomic status (SES), and living alone). Specifically, five latent classes (non-active, working-active, comprehensive-active, physical-active, and less-active) were identified. Furthermore, associations between the classes of activity engagement and cognition were examined separately in three age groups: less than 80 years (young-old group), 80-99.5 years (old-old group) and more than 100 years (

SUBMITTER: Zhang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7764821 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature