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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neuropsychology. 2011 Sep;25(5):545–553. doi: 10.1037/a0022733

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of study participants

Men (n= 53) Women (n= 105) Sample (n= 158)

M (SD) or % Min-Max M (SD) or % Min-Max M (SD) or % Min-Max
Age 66.22(5.91) 59–80 66.62(5.59) 59–81 66.48(5.69) 59–81
Race
      Asian --- --- 1.90% --- 1.30% ---
      Black 5.70% --- 9.50% --- 8.20% ---
      White 94.30% --- 88.60% --- 90.50% ---
Married 75.50% --- 48.60% --- 57.60% ---
1–3 years of college or more 82.90% 9th grade- Ph.D or equivalent 79.00% 12th grade- Ph.D or equivalent 80.40% 9th grade- Ph.D or equivalent
GDS .47(.64) 0–3 .35(.62) 0–3 .39(.63) 0–3
mMMSE 54.66(2.53) 46–57 54.41(2.25) 47–57 54.50(2.35) 46–57
BMI 29.34(4.81) 23.20–38.65 28.85(4.92) 18.87–42.58 29.02(4.40) 18.87–42.58
PASE 138.59(64.38) 27.18–311.00 123.35(63.59) 25.00–311.71 128.46(64.06) 25.00–311.71
VO2 (mL/kg) 24.20(4.81) 12.90–34.70 19.27(3.68) 12.90–29.40 20.92(4.70) 12.90–34.70
Hip. Vol. (cm3) 5.15(.82) 3.32–7.18 4.71(.59) 3.62–6.54 4.86(.70) 3.32–7.18
SpWM RT (ms) 874.97(153.10) 545.24–1204.58 989.17(170.86) 636.38–1531.70 950.85(173.28) 545.24–1531.70
SpWM Acc 83.7%(10.94%) 43.00%–97.00% 79.97%(14.31%) 34.00%–99.00% 81.25%(13.37%) 34.00%–99.00%
F of F 48.66(8.62) 27.00–63.00 48.22(9.45) 25.00–67.00 48.37(9.15) 25.00–67.00

Notes: Women coded as 1 and Men as 2; BMI= Body Mass Index; PASE= Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly; GDS= Geriatric Depression; Scale VO2= Cardiorespiratory fitness; Hip. Vol.= Hippocampus Volume; mMMSE = Modified Mini-Mental Status SpWM RT= Spatial working memory reaction time; SpWM Acc= Spatial working memory accuracy; F of F= Frequency of forgetting.