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.