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Table 2 Baseline participant characteristics (N = 432)

From: The longitudinal associations between change in physical activity and cognitive functioning in older adults with chronic illness (es)

Demographic characteristics

Age in years, mean (SD)

73.7 (6.1)

 Gender, N (%)

  Male

230 (53.2%)

  Female

202 (46.8%)

Marital status, N (%)

  Living single

76 (17.9%)

  Living together

348 (82.1%)

 Education, N (%)

  Low

202 (48.3%)

  Moderate

89 (21.3%)

  High

127 (30.4%)

 Health-related characteristics

 BMI, median (IQR) a

26.9 (24.3–29.4)

 Degree of impairment, N (%)

  Little impaired

49 (11.4%)

  Medium impaired

205 (47.7%)

  Very impaired

176 (40.9%)

 LPA in min/wk., mean (SD)

2524 (622)

 MVPA in min/wk., median (IQR) a

159 (66.3–292.3)

CF outcomes

 VLT – learning curve ratio, mean (SD)

1.85 (0.55)

 VLT – mean no. words recalled trial 1–5, mean (SD)

7.24 (2.08)

 VLT – no. words delayed recall, mean (SD)

7.57 (3.15)

 TMT – time B-A in sec, median (IQR) a

27.98 (12.79–49.39)

 SST – SSRT in ms, mean (SD)

176.68 (98.91)

 LDST – no. correct subs, mean (SD)

11.33 (4.26)

  1. Abbreviations: SD Standard deviation, IQR Inter Quartile Distance, BMI Body mass index, LPA Minutes of light physical activity per week, MVPA Minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity per week, CF Cognitive functioning, VLT Verbal learning test, TMT Trail making test, SST Stop-signal task, SSRT Stop-signal reaction time, LDST Letter digit substitution test. a non-normally distributed variables