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Table 1 Basic characteristics of the literature included in the study(M ± SD)

From: Effects of physical exercise on working memory in older adults: a systematic and meta-analytic review

Study

Country

Cognitive status

Sample(E/C)

Age(E/C)

Female proportion(E/C)

Education level(E/C)

Brown 2009a [49]

Astralia

N

66/34

79.5 ± 5.9/78.1 ± 6.4

86.6/86.8

10.6 ± 2.4/10.3 ± 2.3

Brown 2009b [49]

Astralia

N

26/34

81.5 ± 6.9/78.1 ± 6.4

91.6/86.8

10.2 ± 1.9/10.3 ± 2.3

Eggenberger 2016 [28]

Switzerland

N

19/14

72.8 ± 5.9/77.8 ± 7.4

63.2/64.3

13.4 ± 1.8/13.6 ± 2.1

Gothe 2016 [62]

America

N

61/57

C62.1 ± 5.8/62.0 ± 5.4

80.3/75.4

>college degree 77/56.2

Albinet 2016 [29]

America

N

19/17

67 ± 5/66 ± 5

68.4/76.5

11.9 ± 3.9/11.6 ± 2.1

Kalbe 2018 [50]

German

N

18/17

68.2 ± 8.0/67.5 ± 5.9

61.1/58.8

14.4 ± 3.5/14.5 ± 2.9

Liu-ambrose 2010a [37]

Canada

N

46/47

69.4 ± 3.0/70.0 ± 3.3

100/100

>high school 98.2/98

Liu-ambrose 2010b [37]

Canada

N

42/47

69.5 ± 2.7/70.0 ± 3.3

100/100

>high school 98.2/98

Hariprasad 2013 [43]

India

N

60/60

75.74/74.78

58.1/62.1

13.1 ± 4.1/11.4 ± 4.4

Norouzi 2019 [38]

Iran

N

20/20

68.3 ± 4.1/68.1 ± 3.7

0/0

NR

Nouchi 2013 [51]

Japan

N

32/32

66.8 ± 4.6/67.1 ± 2.8

NR

13.4 ± 1.9/13.2 ± 2.0

Lachman 2006 [39]

America

N

102/108

75.3 ± 7.4/74.6 ± 6.5

Total 77.6

14.3 ± 2.7/13.9 ± 3.1

Ferreira 2015 [30]

Brazil

N

22/22

66.2 ± 5.6/69.2 ± 4.8

68.2/86.3

12.9 ± 2.7/12.9 ± 2.5

Vaughn 2014 [52]

Astralia

N

25/23

69.0 ± 3.1/68.8 ± 3.5

NR

12.3 ± 2.9/12.7 ± 3.5

Fabre 2002 [31]

France

N

8/8

65.4 ± 2.2 /65.7 ± 1.5

87.5/75

11.2 ± 1.3/12.1 ± 1.4

Shan 2016 [44]

China

N

25/20

61.2 ± 5.3/59.1 ± 4.9

68/85

9.4 ± 3.1/8.8 ± 3.2

Li 2016 [45]

China

N

28/29

66.6 ± 4.0/65.9 ± 5.1

NR

>high school 50/48.3

Yang 2019 [46]

China

N

13/13

66.3 ± 4.3/65.9 ± 3.5

76.9/76.9

>high school 100/100

Hong 2017b [40]

Korea

N

13/12

75.9/73.2

83.3/46.1

NR

Hong 2017a [40]

Korea

MCI

10/12

77.9/75.9

70/75

NR

Bae 2019 [53]

Japan

MCI

41/42

75.5 ± 6.0/76.4 ± 5.0

43.9/52.4

11.1 ± 2.2/10.9 ± 2.3

Damirchi 2018a [54]

Iran

MCI

11/9

68.8 ± 3.7/69.1 ± 4.9

100/100

3.4 ± 1.0/3.2 ± 1.2

Damirchi 2018b [54]

Iran

MCI

13/9

67.8 ± 4.7/69.1 ± 4.9

100/100

2.8 ± 0.9/3.2 ± 1.2

Donnezan 2018 [28]

France

MCI

18/14

77.1 ± 1.44/79.2 ± 4

NR

6.1 ± 0.4/5.8 ± 0.4

Yoon 2018 [41]

Korea

MCI

20/23

73.8 ± 4.4/74.0 ± 4.3

70/69.6

8.1 ± 3.5/9.8 ± 4.4

Eggermont 2009 [32]

Korea

MCI

51/46

85.4

NR

NR

Lam 2010 [47]

China

MCI

135/194

77.2 ± 6.3/78.3 ± 6.6

NR

4.1 ± 4.3/2.6 ± 3.2

Scherder 2005 [33]

Netherlands

MCI

15/15

84 ± 6.4/86 ± 5.1

86.7/93.3

2.6 ± 1.1/2.7 ± 1.7

Sungkarat 2016 [48]

Thailand

MCI

33/33

68.3 ± 6.7/67.5 ± 7.3

93.9/78.8

11.4 ± 5.1/9.3 ± 5.5

Zhu 2018 [34]

China

MCI

29/31

70.3 ± 6.7/69 ± 7.3

51.7/67.7

>high school 86.2/90.3

Lü 2015 [42]

China

MCI

22/23

69 ± 3.83/70.43 ± 5.53

72.7/69.6

9.8 ± 2.8/9.5 ± 2.6

Nishiguchi 2015 [35]

Japan

N

24 /24

73.0 ± 4.8/73.5 ± 5.6

73.0 ± 4.8/73.5 ± 5.6

12.2 ± 2.2/13.0 ± 2.5

  1. N normal cognition, MCI Mild Cognitive Impairment, NR No Reported, E/C Experiment group/Control group