Table 1 Characteristics of each cohort (mean ± SD).

From: No significant association between self-reported physical activity and brain volumes in women and men from five European cohorts

Cohort name

Cohort

Whitehall-II

Cam-CAN

LCBC

LISA

NESDA

Demographics

 n

768

557

99

322

63

 Age, range

60.3–84.6

18.5–87.9

20.5–70.3

60.1–71.3

21–54

 Age, mean years ± SD

69.8 ± 5.2

55.3 (18.1)

33.7 (11.56)

66.5 (2.5)

40.2 (9.5)

 Females, n (%)

147 (19%)

288 (51.7%)

76 (76.8%)

129 (40.1%)

41 (65.1%)

Physical activity

 Total physical activity (MET-mins/week)

3757.9 (2518.8)

1515.9 (458.5)

2291.8 (2114.8)

2613.4 (2169.6)

3790.9 (3344.5)

Brain

 Left hippocampal volume, cm3 (SD)

3.8 (0.4)

4.0 (0.5)

4.3 (0.4)

3.8 (0.4)

3.9 (0.4)

 Right hippocampal volume, cm3 (SD)

3.9 (0.5)

4.2 (0.5)

4.4 (0.4)

4.0 (0.4)

4.1 (0.4)

 dlPFC, cm3 (SD)

5.7 (0.9)

6.2 (1.1)

6.8 (1.0)

5.5 (0.8)

5.4 (0.9)

 Total GM, cm3 (SD)

621.6 (50.1)

648.4 (70.1)

701.0 (66.1)

589.9 (47.5)

643.5 (67.4)

 ICV, cm3 (SD)

1559 (226.5)

1556.7 (159.2)

1521.6 (221.8)

1448.3 (157.4)

1510.7 (197.8)