Cognitive ability does not predict objectively measured sedentary behavior: Evidence from three older cohorts

Čukić, Iva, Shaw, Richard, Der, Geoff, Chastin, Sebastien F. M., Dontje, Manon L., Gill, Jason M. R., Starr, John M., Skelton, Dawn A., Radaković, Ratko, Cox, Simon R., Dall, Philippa M., Gale, Catharine R. and Deary, Ian J. (2018) Cognitive ability does not predict objectively measured sedentary behavior: Evidence from three older cohorts. Psychology and Aging, 33 (2). pp. 288-296. ISSN 0882-7974

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Abstract

Higher cognitive ability is associated with being more physically active. Much less is known about the associations between cognitive ability and sedentary behavior. Ours is the first study to examine whether historic and contemporaneous cognitive ability predicts objectively measured sedentary behavior in older age. Participants were drawn from 3 cohorts (Lothian Birth Cohort, 1936 [LBC1936] [n = 271]; and 2 West of Scotland Twenty-07 cohorts: 1950s [n = 310] and 1930s [n = 119]). Regression models were used to assess the associations between a range of cognitive tests measured at different points in the life course, with sedentary behavior in older age recorded over 7 days. Prior simple reaction time (RT) was significantly related to later sedentary time in the youngest, Twenty-07 1950s cohort (p=.04). The relationship was nonsignificant after controlling for long-standing illness or employment status, or after correcting for multiple comparisons in the initial model. None of the cognitive measures were related to sedentary behavior in either of the 2 older cohorts (LBC1936, Twenty-07 1930s). There was no association between any of the cognitive tests and the number of sit-to-stand transitions in any of the 3 cohorts. The meta-analytic estimates for the measures of simple and choice RT that were identical in all cohorts (n = 700) were also not significant. In conclusion, we found no evidence that objectively measured sedentary time in older adults is associated with measures of cognitive ability at different time points in life, including cognitive change from childhood to older age.

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Additional Information:	Acknowledgements: The Seniors USP (Understanding Sedentary Patterns) project is funded by the United Kingdom Medical Research Council (MRC) as part of the Lifelong Health and Wellbeing Initiative (LLHW) [MR/K025023/1]. The named authors present the study on behalf of the Seniors USP Team, which comprises Dawn A. Skelton (Principal Investigator), Sebastien F. M. Chastin, Simon R. Cox, Elaine Coulter, Iva Č ukić, Philippa M. Dall, Ian J. Deary, Geoff Der, Manon L. Dontje, Claire Fitzsimons, Catharine R. Gale, Jason M. R. Gill, Malcolm Granat, Cindy Gray, Carolyn Greig, Elaine Hindle, Karen Laird, Gillian Mead, Nanette Mutrie, Victoria Palmer, Ratko Radaković, Naveed Sattar, Richard Shaw, John M. Starr, Sally Stewart, and Sally Wyke. The Lothian Birth Cohort, 1936 (LBC1936) thanks the cohort members, investigators, research associates, and team members. We also thank the radiographers at the Brain Research Imaging Centre, and the research nurses and Genetics Core staff at the Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility. LBC1936 data collection are supported by the Disconnected Mind project (funded by Age United Kingdom and MRC [Mr/M01311/1 and G1001245/ 96077]) and undertaken within the University of Edinburgh Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology (funded by the BBSRC and MRC as part of the LLHW [MR/K026992/1]). The West of Scotland Twenty-07 Study was funded by the MRC and the data were originally collected by the MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit (MC_A540_53462). Philippa M. Dall received grant funding from PAL Technologies for an unrelated project. PAL Technologies manufactures the monitor used in this study to measure sedentary behavior. We thank all of the cohort participants, and the survey staff and research nurses who carried it out. The data are employed here with the permission of the Twenty-07 Steering Committee. Funding Information: The Seniors USP (Understanding Sedentary Patterns) project is funded by the United Kingdom Medical Research Council (MRC) as part of the Lifelong Health and Wellbeing Initiative (LLHW) [MR/K025023/1]. The named authors present the study on behalf of the Seniors USP Team, which comprises Dawn A. Skelton (Principal Investigator), Sebastien F. M. Chastin, Simon R. Cox, Elaine Coulter, Iva ? uki?, Philippa M. Dall, Ian J. Deary, Geoff Der, Manon L. Dontje, Claire Fitzsimons, Catharine R. Gale, Jason M. R. Gill, Malcolm Granat, Cindy Gray, Carolyn Greig, Elaine Hindle, Karen Laird, Gillian Mead, Nanette Mutrie, Victoria Palmer, Ratko Radakovi?, Naveed Sattar, Richard Shaw, John M. Starr, Sally Stewart, and Sally Wyke. The Lothian Birth Cohort, 1936 (LBC1936) thanks the cohort members, investigators, research associates, and team members. We also thank the radiographers at the Brain Research Imaging Centre, and the research nurses and Genetics Core staff at the Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility. LBC1936 data collection are supported by the Disconnected Mind project (funded by Age United Kingdom and MRC [Mr/M01311/1 and G1001245/ 96077]) and undertaken within the University of Edinburgh Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology (funded by the BBSRC and MRC as part of the LLHW [MR/K026992/1]). The West of Scotland Twenty-07 Study was funded by the MRC and the data were originally collected by the MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit (MC_A540_53462). Philippa M. Dall received grant funding from PAL Technologies for an unrelated project. PAL Technologies manufactures the monitor used in this study to measure sedentary behavior. We thank all of the cohort participants, and the survey staff and research nurses who carried it out. The data are employed here with the permission of the Twenty-07 Steering Committee.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	activpal,cognitive ability,intelligence,objective measures,sedentary behavior,social psychology,ageing,geriatrics and gerontology ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3200/3207
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
Related URLs:	http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?...
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	13 Aug 2024 10:30
Last Modified:	25 Sep 2024 18:01
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/96223
DOI:	10.1037/pag0000221

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