Intensity-Dependent Effects of Acute Exercise on Executive Function

Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics of participants in the moderate-intensity and high-intensity groups.

Variable	Moderate intensity ()	High intensity ()	-statistic^1	value
Age (years)			0.33	0.74
BMI (kg/m^2)			-0.73	0.47
HRmax (beats/min)			0.69	0.49
VO2peak (mL/min/kg)			1.34	0.19
VO2peak (% ranking)			1.58	0.12
BDI			-1.07	0.29
MWT-B			0.23	0.82
PA total score			-0.60	0.55
PA work			-0.75	0.46
PA transportation			0.59	0.56
PA domestic			-0.29	0.77
PA leisure			-0.31	0.76
PA walking			-0.77	0.44
PA moderate			0.29	0.77
PA vigorous			-1.02	0.31

¹Two-sample -test; . Moderate intensity: (16 females); high intensity: (16 females). SD = standard deviation; BMI = body mass index; HR_max = maximal heart rate as assessed by maximal exercise test; VO_2peak = peak oxygen consumption as tested by the maximal exercise test; VO_2peak (% ranking) = peak oxygen uptake transformed into age- and gender-adapted percentiles; BDI = Beck Depression Inventory; MWT-B = Multiple Choice Vocabulary Test; PA = physical activity as assessed by the International Physical Activity Questionnaire, expressed in MET-minutes/week.