Senior Dance Experience, Cognitive Performance, and Brain Volume in Older Women

Table 1

Demographic and health information (M and SD) for senior dancers () and control group () participants.

Characteristic	Senior dancers		Control group
	M	SD	M	SD
Age	73.10	4.32	72.73	4.13	.74
Education	12.70	2.36	13.09	2.96	.59
IQ score	50.54	4.72	51.61	4.90	.40
BMI	26.29	2.76	25.01	3.54	.13
Hypertension	0.46	0.51	0.38	0.49	.53
ERT	0.29	0.46	0.41	0.50	.32
Subjective health	3.72	0.64	3.79	0.73	.71
Social participation	60.82	6.95	59.02	7.64	.36
Living condition	0.36	0.49	0.59	0.50	.09
Physical activity	18.93	7.34	17.89	7.85	.61
Cardiovascular fitness	19.28	3.74	20.18	4.48	.41
Motor fitness	0.08	0.67	−0.08	0.61	.44

Note: age (average age in years), education (years of formal education), IQ score, BMI (body mass index), hypertension (proportion of participants who were diagnosed with hypertensive disorders), ERT (estrogen replacement therapy), proportion of participants who recieved estrogen replacement therapy, social participation, living condition (proportion of participants who reported living with others), physical activity (other than dancing activity; in kcal/kgwk), cardiovascular fitness (VO₂ peak mL/kg), and motor fitness (overall index of z-scores).