Research Article
Aerobic Exercise Preserves Olfaction Function in Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease
Table 1
Participant baseline demographics.
| | Nonexercise | Exercise (VE + FE) | value |
| Sample size | 15 | FE = 9 VE = 14 | | Age, years (SD) | 60.9 (7.2) | 60.5 (7.4) | 0.85 | Gender, male | 8 | 16 | 0.33 | Disease duration, years (SD) | 3.3 (3.1) | 3.3 (2.1) | 0.93 | Baseline UPSIT, points (SD) | 24.0 (7.3) | 21.6 (8.2) | 0.35 | Baseline UPDRS motor examination, points (SD) | 21.9 (5.5) | 23.5 (9.9) | 0.52 |
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FE: forced exercise; SD: standard deviation; UPDRS: Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale; UPSIT: University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test; VE: voluntary exercise.
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