Exercise Modality Is Differentially Associated with Neurocognition in Older Adults

Table 1

Participant demographic and fitness data for the three groups (mean ± SD).

Measures	Group
	Control ()	Coordination ()	Aerobic ()
Female/male	5/15	7/13	10/10
Age (year)	57.51 ± 3.68	59.15 ± 4.62	58.80 ± 3.82
Height (cm)	159.13 ± 0.15	162.52 ± 0.31	161.55 ± 0.01
Weight (kg)	67.1 ± 9.52	63.62 ± 9.77	61.22 ± 6.84
Education	9.30 ± 3.62	10.01 ± 0.12	9.52 ± 2.12
MMSE	27.71 ± 2.31	27.82 ± 1.01	28.23 ± 2.60
Resting HR	66.30 ± 11.00	67.41 ± 12.14	65.25 ± 5.29
WAIS-III
Digit forward span test	12.00 ± 2.43	12.45 ± 1.82	12.55 ± 2.35
Digit backward span test	6.30 ± 1.71	6.40 ± 1.86	6.30 ± 2.83
Digit span total	17.50 ± 3.50	18.85 ± 2.30	19.15 ± 4.68
Exercise characteristics
Exercise years	0.10 ± 0.31	3.80 ± 1.47	3.20 ± 1.24
Exercise duration/session	0.11 ± 0.00	1.80 ± 0.41	1.85 ± 0.86
Session/week	0.01 ± 0.00	1.15 ± 0.81	1.85 ± 0.75
Fitness data
VO2peak (mL/kg min)	26.91 ± 6.14	33.67 ± 8.24	41.16 ± 9.73
Muscular strength	51.45 ± 17.72	71.40 ± 20.01	71.65 ± 20.49
Muscular endur./press-up	2.50 ± 3.71	11.40 ± 10.81	12.70 ± 9.80
Muscular endur./CCU 30	4.10 ± 4.18	11.25 ± 5.025	12.95 ± 6.35
Muscular endur./CCU 60	5.70 ± 5.76	19.60 ± 8.55	20.35 ± 11.63
Flexibility (cm)	24.90 ± 11.43	37.20 ± 7.58	35.60 ± 9.51
% body fat mass	30.17 ± 6.58	25.41 ± 5.47	24.97 ± 4.60
Agility (sec)	25.10 ± 6.05	18.12 ± 2.85	18.24 ± 2.67
Power (cm)	21.65 ± 7.85	31.95 ± 7.38	33.35 ± 12.56

MMSE: Mini-Mental State Exam; Muscular endur.: muscular endurance; WAIS-III: Wechsler adult intelligence scale-third edition.