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Table 2 Bivariate correlations

From: Household physical activity is positively associated with gray matter volume in older adults

 

Age

Education

FRS

Household Physical Activity

Recreational Physical Activity

Whole Brain Volume

Gray Matter Volume

White Matter Volume

Memory

Working Memory

Executive Function

Processing Speed

Age

1

           

Education

0.01

1

          

FRS

0.18

−0.11

1

         

Household Physical Activity

−0.18

− 0.23

−0.11

1

        

Recreational Physical Activity

0.04

0.01

−0.15

0.19

1

       

Whole Brain Volume

−0.24

−0.15

−0.28a

0.36b

0.19

1

      

Gray Matter Volume

−0.40c

−0.07

− 0.22

0.36b

0.16

0.71c

1

     

White Matter Volume

−0.07

−0.17

−0.28a

0.27a

0.15

0.80c

0.23

1

    

Memory

−0.06

0.12

−0.39b

0.10

0.13

0.36b

0.19

0.26a

1

   

Working Memory

−0.04

0.33b

−0.03

0.00

0.18

0.17

0.15

0.08

0.21

1

  

Executive Function

−0.20

0.39b

−0.30a

− 0.14

0.19

0.35b

0.35b

0.23

0.35b

0.57c

1

 

Processing Speed

−0.13

0.24

−0.05

0.08

0.14

0.31a

0.25a

0.17

0.35b

0.44c

0.61c

1

  1. FRS = Framingham Risk Score; Partial correlations adjusting for intracranial volume were used to assess brain volume, a < .05, b < .01, c < .001. N = 66