Effect of 24-month physical activity on cognitive frailty and the role of inflammation: the LIFE randomized clinical trial
Abstract Background Whether physical activity can reduce cognitive frailty—a relatively new “compound” phenotype proposed in 2013—and whether the effect of physical activity differs based on levels of inflammation are unknown. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the effect of physical activity o...
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| author | Zuyun Liu Fang-Chi Hsu Andrea Trombetti Abby C. King Christine K. Liu Todd M. Manini Roger A. Fielding Marco Pahor Anne B. Newman Stephen Kritchevsky Thomas M. Gill for the LIFE Study investigators |
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| description | Abstract Background Whether physical activity can reduce cognitive frailty—a relatively new “compound” phenotype proposed in 2013—and whether the effect of physical activity differs based on levels of inflammation are unknown. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the effect of physical activity on cognitive frailty and whether baseline interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels modified this effect. Methods We used data from the Lifestyle Interventions and Independence for Elders (LIFE) Study, a multicenter, single-blinded randomized trial conducted at eight US field centers between February 2010 and December 2013. The main outcome was cognitive frailty at 24 months, expressed as an ordinal variable based on the six combinations of its two components: frailty (non-frail, pre-frail, and frail) and mild cognitive impairment (yes, no). Frailty and cognition were assessed by the Study of Osteoporotic Fractures (SOF) index and the Modified Mini-Mental State Examination (3MSE) scale, respectively. Plasma IL-6 was measured at baseline. Of the 1635 original randomized sedentary participants (70–89 years), this study included 1298 participants with data on both cognitive frailty and IL-6 assessments at baseline. Results After adjusting for field center, sex, and baseline levels of cognitive frailty, the ordinal logistic regression model revealed that participants in the physical activity group had 21% lower odds (odds ratio, 0.79; 95% confidence interval, 0.64–0.98) of worsening cognitive frailty over 24 months than those in the health education group. The effect of physical activity on cognitive frailty did not differ according to baseline IL-6 levels (P for interaction = 0.919). The results did not change after additional adjustment for IL-6 subgroups and the inverse probability of remaining in the study. Comparable results were observed according to age, sex, ethnicity/race, and short physical performance battery score (P for interaction = 0.835, 0.536, 0.934, and 0.458, respectively). Conclusions A 24-month structured, moderate-intensity physical activity program reduced cognitive frailty compared with a health education program in sedentary older persons, and this beneficial effect did not differ according to baseline levels of inflammatory biomarker IL-6. These findings suggest that the new cognitive frailty construct is modifiable and highlight the potential of targeting cognitive frailty for promoting healthy aging. Trial registration Clinicaltrials.gov, NCT01072500 |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c766bf883964400ba811213e529c13482022-12-22T00:53:33ZengBMCBMC Medicine1741-70152018-10-0116111010.1186/s12916-018-1174-8Effect of 24-month physical activity on cognitive frailty and the role of inflammation: the LIFE randomized clinical trialZuyun Liu0Fang-Chi Hsu1Andrea Trombetti2Abby C. King3Christine K. Liu4Todd M. Manini5Roger A. Fielding6Marco Pahor7Anne B. Newman8Stephen Kritchevsky9Thomas M. Gill10for the LIFE Study investigatorsDepartment of Internal Medicine, Yale School of MedicineDepartment of Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest University Health SciencesDivision of Bone Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine Specialties, Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of MedicineDepartment of Health Research and Policy and the Stanford Prevention Research Center, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, School of MedicineNutrition, Exercise Physiology and Sarcopenia Laboratory, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts UniversityDepartment of Aging and Geriatric Research, University of FloridaNutrition, Exercise Physiology and Sarcopenia Laboratory, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts UniversityDepartment of Aging and Geriatric Research, University of FloridaDepartment of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of PittsburghSticht Center on Aging, Wake Forest School of MedicineDepartment of Internal Medicine, Yale School of MedicineAbstract Background Whether physical activity can reduce cognitive frailty—a relatively new “compound” phenotype proposed in 2013—and whether the effect of physical activity differs based on levels of inflammation are unknown. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the effect of physical activity on cognitive frailty and whether baseline interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels modified this effect. Methods We used data from the Lifestyle Interventions and Independence for Elders (LIFE) Study, a multicenter, single-blinded randomized trial conducted at eight US field centers between February 2010 and December 2013. The main outcome was cognitive frailty at 24 months, expressed as an ordinal variable based on the six combinations of its two components: frailty (non-frail, pre-frail, and frail) and mild cognitive impairment (yes, no). Frailty and cognition were assessed by the Study of Osteoporotic Fractures (SOF) index and the Modified Mini-Mental State Examination (3MSE) scale, respectively. Plasma IL-6 was measured at baseline. Of the 1635 original randomized sedentary participants (70–89 years), this study included 1298 participants with data on both cognitive frailty and IL-6 assessments at baseline. Results After adjusting for field center, sex, and baseline levels of cognitive frailty, the ordinal logistic regression model revealed that participants in the physical activity group had 21% lower odds (odds ratio, 0.79; 95% confidence interval, 0.64–0.98) of worsening cognitive frailty over 24 months than those in the health education group. The effect of physical activity on cognitive frailty did not differ according to baseline IL-6 levels (P for interaction = 0.919). The results did not change after additional adjustment for IL-6 subgroups and the inverse probability of remaining in the study. Comparable results were observed according to age, sex, ethnicity/race, and short physical performance battery score (P for interaction = 0.835, 0.536, 0.934, and 0.458, respectively). Conclusions A 24-month structured, moderate-intensity physical activity program reduced cognitive frailty compared with a health education program in sedentary older persons, and this beneficial effect did not differ according to baseline levels of inflammatory biomarker IL-6. These findings suggest that the new cognitive frailty construct is modifiable and highlight the potential of targeting cognitive frailty for promoting healthy aging. Trial registration Clinicaltrials.gov, NCT01072500http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-018-1174-8Physical activityCognitive frailtyInterleukin-6Older persons |
| spellingShingle | Zuyun Liu Fang-Chi Hsu Andrea Trombetti Abby C. King Christine K. Liu Todd M. Manini Roger A. Fielding Marco Pahor Anne B. Newman Stephen Kritchevsky Thomas M. Gill for the LIFE Study investigators Effect of 24-month physical activity on cognitive frailty and the role of inflammation: the LIFE randomized clinical trial BMC Medicine Physical activity Cognitive frailty Interleukin-6 Older persons |
| title | Effect of 24-month physical activity on cognitive frailty and the role of inflammation: the LIFE randomized clinical trial |
| title_full | Effect of 24-month physical activity on cognitive frailty and the role of inflammation: the LIFE randomized clinical trial |
| title_fullStr | Effect of 24-month physical activity on cognitive frailty and the role of inflammation: the LIFE randomized clinical trial |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of 24-month physical activity on cognitive frailty and the role of inflammation: the LIFE randomized clinical trial |
| title_short | Effect of 24-month physical activity on cognitive frailty and the role of inflammation: the LIFE randomized clinical trial |
| title_sort | effect of 24 month physical activity on cognitive frailty and the role of inflammation the life randomized clinical trial |
| topic | Physical activity Cognitive frailty Interleukin-6 Older persons |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-018-1174-8 |
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