Table 5 Correlations between age and cognitive variables (upper panel), age and physiological variables (middle panel), cognitive and physiological variables (lower panel).

From: Cardiorespiratory fitness and cardiometabolic health are associated with distinct cognitive domains in cognitively healthy older adults

A. Cognitive Variables

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

Educ

RRec

PVoc

ImmR

DelR

FreeR

MTT-M^

MTT-C^

TSWT-M^

TSWT-C^

sRT^

cRT^

1. Age

-0.02

-0.01

-0.02

-0.02

-0.04

-0.12

-0.08

-0.21

-0.19

-0.19

-0.12

-0.16

2. Education

0.27

0.24

0.04

0.09

0.09

0.03

0.16

0.13

0.03

-0.02

-0.03

3. Read recognition

 

0.47

0.09

0.23

0.25

0.15

0.19

0.24

0.17

-0.08

-0.10

4. Pict vocabulary

  

0.10

0.14

0.19

0.13

0.15

0.25

0.12

-0.06

-0.05

5. Imm recognition

   

0.62

0.40

0.12

0.05

0.06

0.05

0.06

0.05

6. Delay recognition

    

0.46

0.16

0.10

0.06

0.10

0.05

0.02

7. Free recall

     

0.00

0.06

0.10

0.16

0.05

0.02

8. MTT multitasking^

      

0.25

0.22

0.22

-0.12

-0.13

9. MTT congruency^

       

0.18

0.28

0.02

0.02

10. TSWT multitasking^

        

0.64

0.04

0.05

11. TSWT congruency^

         

0.09

0.14

12 Simple RT^

          

0.84

13. Choice RT^

           

B. Physiological variables

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

    

MVPA

BMI^

Gluc^

HDL

Trigl^

rHR^

sBP^

bBP^

1. Age

-0.04

-0.02

-0.05

-0.01

0.04

-0.03

-0.14

-0.01

    

2. MVPA (mins/week)

0.36

0.04

0.20

0.26

0.21

0.02

0.02

    

3. BMI (kg/m2)^

 

0.32

0.42

0.38

0.18

0.18

0.21

    

4. Glucose (mg/dl)^

  

0.16

0.23

0.12

0.02

0.21

    

5. HDL Cholesterol (mg/dl)

   

0.48

0.04

0.12

0.06

    

6. Triglycerides (mg/dl)^

    

0.14

0.09

0.17

    

7. Resting Heart Rate (bpm)^

     

-0.09

0.18

    

8. Brachial Systolic BP (mmHg)^

      

0.62

    

9. Brachial Diastolic BP (mmHg)^

       

    

C. Cognitive and physiological

MVPA

BMI^

Gluc^

HDL

Trigl^

rHR^

sBP^

dBP^

    

Read recognition

-0.07

0.08

0.13

0.05

0.04

0.04

0.07

0.16

    

Pict vocabulary

-0.00

0.08

-0.02

0305

0.00

-0.03

0.14

0.05

    

Imm recognition

0.05

0.02

0.00

-0.00

0.07

-0.04

-0.01

0.11

    

Delay recognition

0.01

0.08

0.11

0.04

0.07

-0.03

-0.04

0.09

    

Free recall

-0.00

0.09

0.07

0.03

0.05

-0.05

0.04

0.10

    

MTT multitasking ^

-0.04

-0.05

-0.03

0.05

0.00

-0.12

0.00

-0.01

    

MTT congruency ^

-0.03

-0.05

-0.11

0.07

-0.10

-0.12

-0.02

-0.04

    

TSWT multitasking ^

-0.13

-0.07

-0.04

-0.05

-0.07

-0.13

-0.03

0.03

    

TSWT congruency ^

-0.24

-0.13

-0.07

-0.07

-0.15

-0.27

0.03

0.05

    

Simple RT ^

-0.12

-0.08

0.04

-0.01

-0.04

-0.08

0.00

-0.04

    

Choice RT ^

-0.14

-0.13

-0.00

-0.07

-0.12

-0.12

0.02

-0.01

    
  1. For detailed descriptions of CANTAB, NIH and task switching variables, refer to Table 1. Variables marked with ^ were reverse-coded so that higher values indicate better physiological condition or cognitive performance. p < 0.05 bolded.