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Table 1 Overview of participant characteristics and the differences between the aMCI group and the healthy group

From: Does the diurnal cycle of cortisol explain the relationship between physical performance and cognitive function in older adults?

 

All participants (n = 60)

aMCI (n = 30)

Healthy (n = 30)

  

N or Mean

% or SD

N or Mean

% or SD

N or Mean

% or SD

P

Sex (female)

32

53.3

16

53.3

16

53.3

1.00a

 

Age (years)

70.6

5.5

72.3

5.4

68.7

4.1

.007b,*

 

Education (score)

2.5

1.1

2.1

1.1

2.9

.9

.013b,*

 

Depression (score)

4.7

3.6

4.1

2.4

5.3

4.5

.556b

 

MMSE (score)

28.6

5.3

24.5

3.9

28.4

1.9

.000c,**

.000d,*

TMT-At (s)

79.9

53.6

111.9

59.2

49.0

19.1

.000b,**

.000d,**

TMT-Bt (s)

189.0

145.4

308.1

173.9

118.4

53.0

.000c,**

.000d,**

TMTB-A (s)

126.8

133.5

226.7

179.1

71.2

43.0

.000c,**

.000d,**

TMTB/A

3.1

2.0

4.2

2.9

2.5

0.9

.044c,*

.101d

CAR

.24

.43

.33

.46

.17

.39

.216c

 

Fall

.87

.91

.83

.51

.91

.45

.609c

 

MeanPostCAR

1.42

.37

1.43

.35

1.41

.40

.884b

 

MeanAll

1.88

.35

1.84

.31

1.92

.38

.439c

 

VariancePostCAR

.30

.20

.29

.18

.30

.22

.887b

 

VarianceAll

.63

.30

.56

.24

.69

.34

.119c

 

8MWT (s)

5.6

1.7

6.6

1.7

4.5

.1

.000c,**

.000d,**

6MWT (m)

504.9

87.8

442.2

54.0

569.8

66.3

.000c,**

.000d,**

30SCST (score)

14.0

4.1

11.2

2.5

17.2

3.3

.000c,**

.000d,**

TGUG (s)

6.7

2.0

8.0

1.8

5.3

.8

.000c,**

.000d,**

  1. Categorical variables and continuous variables were tabulated as absolute numbers and percentages and as means and standard deviations (SD), respectively. P-values refer to the level of significance when comparing the aMCI group and the healthy group. Original scores from the cognitive measures and physical performance measures and their derivations were tabulated. Transformed indices were used to compare the aMCI group and the healthy group, without controlling (b,c) and with controlling for covariates, sex, age, education and depression (d)
  2. aChi square test
  3. bMann–Whitney U test
  4. cANOVA
  5. dANCOVA
  6. *Significant at the .05 level
  7. **Significant at the .01 level