The Role of Education and Intellectual Activity on Cognition

Table 3

Unadjusted correlations among education, activity, and cognition.

	Cognition
	Education	MMSE	WRAT-4	Speed	Memory: immediate	Memory: delayed
Education	1.00	0.17^**	0.46^**	0.09^*	0.10^**	0.11^**
Activity level
Frequency, overall	0.14^**	0.08^*	0.05	0.15^**	0.12^**	0.10^*
Activity type
Intellectual	0.26^**	0.12^**	0.22^**	0.16^**	0.14^**	0.11^**
Social	−0.04	−0.01	−0.13^**	0.08^*	0.05	0.03
Physical	0.14^**	−0.03	0.08^*	0.04	0.04	0.01
Creative	0.01	0.02	−0.06	0.06	0.12^**	0.10^*
Passive	0.07	−0.02	−0.02	0.03	−0.01	−0.01

Note: ^∗𝑃<0.05. ^∗∗𝑃<0.01. MMSE: Mini-Mental State Exam; WRAT: Wide Range Achievement Test-4.