Participation in community gathering places

1. Participation in community gathering places have no effect on cognitive disability in humans (adjusted HR 1.09, 95% CI 0.57–2.09).

   “whereas no such association was observed among those with exercise habits (1.09 [0.57, 2.09]).”

   Humanswith exercise habitsn = 2,758

   Effect Modification by Exercise Habit on the Association Between Participation in Community Gathering Places and Cognitive Disability

   Journal of the American Geriatrics Society·9 May 2026

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1. Participation in community gathering places are associated with frailty in humans (RR 0.93, 95% CI 0.88–0.97).

   “Older adults who participated in community gathering places at least once monthly had a lower risk of frailty in 2022 than nonparticipants”

   HumansCommunity-dwelling older adults; compared with nonparticipants, adjusting for 2016 covariatesat least once monthlyParticipation in 2019; frailty assessed in 2022n = 41,245

   Participation in community gathering places and frailty among older adults: A longitudinal study using three-wave panel data from JAGES 2016, 2019, and 2022

   [Nihon koshu eisei zasshi] Japanese journal of public health·29 Jun 2026

1. Participation in community gathering places lower the risk of cognitive disability in humans (adjusted HR 0.51, 95% CI 0.27–0.97).

   “Participation in community-gathering places was associated with a lower hazard of cognitive disability among individuals without exercise habits (adjusted HR [95% CI], 0.51 [0.27, 0.97])”

   Humanswithout exercise habitsn = 2,758

   Effect Modification by Exercise Habit on the Association Between Participation in Community Gathering Places and Cognitive Disability

   Journal of the American Geriatrics Society·9 May 2026

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1. Participation in community gathering places lower the risk of loss of independence in humans (adjusted HR 0.57, 95 % CI 0.36-0.90).

   “Participants in community gathering places had a significantly lower risk of LOI than non-participants (adjusted HR 0.57, 95 % CI 0.36 0.90).”

   Humans4 yearsn = 1,961

   Participation in community gathering places and loss of independence among older adults with and without mild disability in Habikino City, Japan: A four-year longitudinal study

   Preventive medicine·9 May 2025