Walking for Cognitive Health: Previous Parity Moderates the Relationship Between Self-Reported Walking and Cognition.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Older females show greater cognitive gains from physical activity (PA) than males, which may be related to long-term consequences of female-specific reproductive events (eg, pregnancy) on cognitive health.

Methods

To determine whether previous parity could moderate the relationship between PA and cognitive decline in older women, we conducted secondary analyses of data from the Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study. We tested whether the association between average PA over 10 years and cognition (Modified Mini-Mental State Examination [3MS]) and executive functioning (digit symbol substitution test [DSST]) over 10 years varied by previous parity (nulliparity, low parity, medium parity, and grand multiparity). An analysis of covariance was performed with cognit

SUBMITTER: Barha CK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9977231 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature