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Table 1 Participants’ characteristics

From: Aging effects on prefrontal cortex oxygenation in a posture-cognition dual-task: an fNIRS pilot study

 

Young adults (N = 10)

Older adults (N = 10)

p value

Sex

7 women

6 women

 

Age (years)

22.6 ± 2.8

72.3 ± 3.2

< 0.001

Height (cm)

173.4 ± 6.6

166.8 ± 8.6

0.074

Weight (kg)

75.3 ± 12.2

73.8 ± 11.2

0.798

Education duration (years)

14.3 ± 1.6

14.1 ± 2.1

0.828

MoCA total score

 

28.0 ± 1.2

 

Subjective health assessment:

a.) General health status

4.3 ± 0.5

3.9 ± 0.6

0.123

b.) Physical fitness

4.2 ± 0.6

4.0 ± 0.8

0.631

c.) Mental health

4.5 ± 0.5

4.2 ± 0.6

0.353

d.) Quality of life

4.4 ± 0.5

4.3 ± 0.7

0.853

  1. Note: Data are mean ± SD. MoCA, Montreal Cognitive Assessment