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

Table 2

Comparisons of demographic characteristics between comparison and MAE groups.

	Comparison group			MAE group
Variables	()			()				value
		%	M ± SD		%	M ± SD
Age	26		51.9 ± 11.9	41		53.2 ± 10.3	−0.51^b	0.61
Marital status							1.20^a	0.59
Unmarried	4	15.4		3	7.3
Married	17	65.4		28	68.3
Others	5	19.2		10	24.4
Educational level							1.77^a	0.40
Elementary	6	24.0		15	36.5
High school	11	44.0		18	43.9
College, above	8	32.0		8	19.5
Diagnosed depression							1.31^a	0.52
None	26	100.0		39	95.1
Yes	0	0		2	4.9
Smoking							1.60^a	0.39
None	25	96.2		41	100.0
Yes	1	3.8		0	0
Alcohol use							0.01^a	1.0
None	23	88.5		36	87.8
Yes	3	11.5		5	12.2
Chronic illness							0.06^a	1.0
None	10	38.5		17	41.5
Yes	16	61.5		24	58.5
Employed status							0.78^a	0.44
None	18	69.2		24	58.5
Yes	8	30.8		17	41.5
Menopause							0.16^a	0.80
None	13	50.0		22	55.0
Yes	13	50.0		18	45.0
Hormone therapy							0.73^a	0.47
None	24	92.3		35	85.4
Yes	2	7.7		6	14.6
Perceived health			65.2 ± 16.1			61.4 ± 20.3	0.79^b	0.43
Height (cm)			155.7 ± 6.0			157.4 ± 6.5	−1.07^b	0.29
Weight (Kg)			58.8 ± 10.4			63.1 ± 12.6	−1.44^b	0.16

: 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.