Table 1.
Demographic information for participants of the two experimental groups (cardiovascular and coordination training) and the control group.
| Characteristic | Cardiovascular training | Coordination training | Control group | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | |
| Age | 68.47 | 3.06 | 71.13 | 4.59 | 69.27 | 3.29 |
| Education | 13.00 | 2.96 | 12.06 | 3.64 | 12.09 | 2.34 |
| IQ | 51.42 | 5.77 | 48.40 | 5.66 | 49.93 | 5.91 |
| Health | 1.35 | 0.93 | 1.31 | 1.14 | 1.36 | 1.75 |
| Activity index | 1223.38 | 685.29 | 1028.29 | 609.55 | 1610.55 | 1044.56 |
| BMI | 27.44 | 4.31 | 25.88 | 2.60 | 26.25 | 3.43 |
| Hypertension | 0.12 | 0.33 | 0.50 | 0.52 | 0.18 | 0.41 |
| ERT | 0.24 | 0.44 | 0.33 | 0.49 | 0.09 | 0.31 |
| Positive affect | 3.74 | 0.67 | 3.68 | 0.53 | 3.76 | 0.54 |
Note: Age (average age in years), education (years of education), IQ, health (number of diseases), activity index (kcal expended per week by leisure time and physical activities, cf. Ainsworth et al., 2000), body mass index (BMI), hypertension (proportion of participants who had been diagnosed with hypertensive disorder), estrogen replacement therapy (ERT, proportion of participants who participated in an estrogen replacement therapy), and positive affect (affect questionnaire encompassing high and low arousal, Kessler and Staudinger, 2009). There was no significant group effect for any of the measures.