Effects of Music Aerobic Exercise on Depression and Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Levels in Community Dwelling Women

Table 1

Comparisons of demographic characteristics between drop-out and completed participants.

	Drop-out participants			Completed participants
Variables
		%	M ± SD		%	M ± SD
Age			53.4 ± 9.9			52.7 ± 10.9	0.31^b	0.76
Marital status							0.95^a	0.69
Unmarried	2	5.1		7	10.4
Married	27	69.2		45	67.2
Others	10	25.6		15	22.4
Educational level							5.15^a	0.08
Elementary	8	20.5		21	31.8
High school	26	66.7		29	43.9
College, above	5	12.8		16	24.2
Diagnosed depression							0.02^a	1.00
None	38	97.4		65	97.0
Yes	1	2.6		2	3.0
Smoking							4.21^a	0.06
None	35	89.7		66	98.5
Yes	4	10.3		1	1.5
Alcohol use							1.41^a	0.27
None	31	79.5		59	88.1
Yes	8	20.5		8	11.9
Chronic illness							0.99^a	0.42
None	19	48.7		26	38.8
Yes	20	51.3		41	61.2
Employed status							0.05^a	0.84
None	23	59.0		38	56.7
Yes	16	41.0		29	43.3
Menopause							0.03^a	1.00
None	20	51.3		35	53.0
Yes	19	48.7		31	47.0
Hormone therapy							1.34^a	0.32
None	37	94.9		59	88.1
Yes	2	5.1		8	11.9
Exercise per week (mins)			74.6 ± 138.1			58.4 ± 105.5	0.67^b	0.51
Perceived health			69.6 ± 14.4			62.8 ± 18.8	1.94^b	0.06
Height (cm)			156.4 ± 5.9			156.8 ± 6.3	−0.30^b	0.76
Weight (Kg)			61.1 ± 7.5			61.4 ± 11.9	−0.13^b	0.90

: chi-square values analyzed by using chi-square test. Fisher’s exact test was used when the expected value was less than 5. : values analyzed by using -test.