Research Article

Comparison of Traditional Chinese Exercises and Nontraditional Chinese Exercise Modalities on Cognitive and Executive Function in Community Middle-Aged and Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 3

Associations between exercise type and cognitive and executive function from the generalized linear models analysis.

No-RE groupNon-TCE groupTCE group
B (95% CI)B (95% CI)B (95% CI)

MOCA
 Model 1Reference1.30 (0.40, 2.19)3.23 (2.27, 4.19)
 Model 2Reference1.20 (0.30, 2.10)2.96 (1.97, 3.95)
 Model 3Reference1.31 (0.40, 2.21)2.94 (1.95, 3.93)
 Model 4Reference0.87 (−0.02, 1.75)2.50 (1.54, 3.46)
 Model 5Reference0.85 (−0.05, 1.74)2.48 (1.51, 3.45)
 Model 6Reference0.56 (−0.39, 1.52)2.28 (1.28, 3.28)

CDT
 Model 1Reference0.45 (0.11, 0.80)0.91 (0.53, 1.28)
 Model 2Reference0.44 (0.18, 0.87)0.87 (0.49, 1.26)
 Model 3Reference0.51 (0.16, 0.86)0.86 (0.48, 1.24)
 Model 4Reference0.45 (0.10, 0.81)0.80 (0.41, 1.18)
 Model 5Reference0.43 (0.07, 0.78)0.77 (0.39, 1.16)
 Model 6Reference0.35 (−0.03,0.74)0.72 (0.32, 1.12)

ANT
 Model 1Reference0.25 (−0.87, 1.38)0.76 (−0.44, 1.96)
 Model 2Reference0.90 (−1.03, 1.21)0.31 (−0.92, 1.54)
 Model 3Reference0.16 (−0.97, 1.29)0.30 (−0.93, 1.53)
 Model 4Reference0.08 (−1.07, 1.23)0.22 (−1.03, 1.47)
 Model 5Reference0.13 (−1.04, 1.29)0.26 (−1.00, 1.52)
 Model 6Reference0.45 (−0.80, 1.69)0.49 (−0.81, 1.79)

TMT-A (s)
 Model 1Reference−5.64 (−16.74, 5.46)−24.11 (−35.94, −12.28)
 Model 2Reference−4.09 (−15.15, 6.97)−19.81 (−31.97, −7.65)
 Model 3Reference−5.66 (−16.75, 5.44)−19.55 (−31.64, −7.46)
 Model 4Reference−2.39 (−13.53, 8.76)−16.28 (-28.40, −4.16)
 Model 5Reference−4.53 (−15.69, 6.62)−18.25 (−30.34, −6.16)
 Model 6Reference−4.05 (−16.01, 7.90)−17.91 (−30.38, −5.43)

TMT-B (s)
 Model 1Reference−0.33 (−18.68, 18.03)−7.47 (−27.03, 12.09)
 Model 2Reference0.95 (−17.49, 19.39)−3.94 (−24.22, 16.33)
 Model 3Reference0.24 (−18.38, 18.87)−3.83 (−24.13, 16.48)
 Model 4Reference3.69 (−15.21, 22.58)−0.39 (−20.92, 20.14)
 Model 5Reference0.40 (−18.54, 19.35)−3.40 (−23.92, 17.13)
 Model 6Reference2.62 (−17.67, 22.91)−1.82 (−23.00, 19.35)

Model 1, unadjusted; model 2, adjusted for duration of education; model 3, adjusted for model 2 + gender; model 4, adjusted for model 3 + occupation; model 5, adjusted for model 4 + smoking; model 6, adjusted for model 5 + physical activity level. ; .