Table 1 General baseline characteristics of the study participants ( = 38). Data are means (±SD).
|
|
Exercise (n=26) |
Control (n=12) |
P-value * |
Age (years) |
|
68.19 (3.66) |
68.16 (5.14) |
.986 |
Sex (n) |
Male |
7 (26.9%) |
2 (16.7%) |
|
|
Female |
19 (73.1%) |
10 (83.3%) |
|
Education (years) |
|
6.23 (1.45) |
4.66 (3.02) |
.112 |
BMI (kg·m-2) |
|
25.71 (2.87) |
25.90 (2.38) |
.845 |
WC(cm) |
|
94.43 (6.22) |
92.95 (5.05) |
.481 |
Triglyceride (mg·dl-1) |
|
126.76 (54.41) |
134.90 (50.0) |
.155 |
Glucose (mg·dl-1) |
|
102.00 (10.86) |
96.55 (6.71) |
.504 |
HDL cholesterol (mg·dl-1) |
|
53.38 (14.20) |
44.08 (7.57) |
.041 |
SBP (mmHg) |
|
131.92 (11.73) |
133.41 (7.68) |
.690 |
DBP (mmHg) |
|
80.11 (6.95) |
80.91 (5.83) |
.731 |
CERAD-K |
Verbal Fluency |
13.46 (3.56) |
11.66 (3.98) |
.173 |
|
Boston naming test |
11.61 (2.15) |
10.25 (2.95) |
.116 |
|
MMSE-KC |
26.42 (2.10) |
25.66 (2.77) |
.358 |
|
Word list learning |
18.50 (4.10) |
15.50 (5.10) |
.060 |
|
Constructional praxis |
9.38 (1.57) |
9.75 (1.05) |
.471 |
|
Word list recall |
6.26 (1.90) |
5.08 (1.78) |
.358 |
|
Word list recognition |
9.19 (1.13) |
8.41 (1.62) |
.096 |
|
Constructional recall |
6.73 (2.79) |
5.08 (2.19) |
.080 |
|
Trail making A |
144.34 (125.08) |
120.40 (80.38) |
.549 |
|
Trail making B |
239.54 (87.63) |
266.16 (65.71) |
.356 |
|
Total score |
68.42 (9.75) |
60.66 (13.25) |
.088 |
SGDS-K |
|
3.88 (3.53) |
5.16 (4.04) |
.327 |
* Statistical significance was tested using independent -tests. or χ test.BMI: body mass index; WC: waist circumference; TG: triglycerides; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; CERAD-K: Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer’s disease- Korean version; MMSE-KC: Mini-Mental State Examination-Korean version, SGDS-K: Short Geriatric Depression Scales- Korean version.