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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2014 Apr 26;95(9):1714–1718. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2014.04.007

Table 1.

Participant demographics and performance on graded exercise tests.

Nondemented Cognitive Impairment p value
(n= 340) (n=235)
Age (y) 74.0 (6.2) 75.0 (6.7) 0.09
CDR Global 0.0 (0.0) 0.7 (0.3)
CDR Sum of Boxes 0.0 (0.1) 3.5 (2.4)
Sex (% female) 60.6 49.8 0.01
Maximal HR (bpm) 148.0 (14.7) 138.5 (19.5) <0.001
Peak Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE) 17.2 (1.9) 16.9 (2.7) 0.06
Exercise Duration (s) 645.6 (195.0) 570.5 (191.0) <0.001
Peak oxygen consumption (ml*kg−1*min−1) 21.9 (5.2) 20.2 (4.4) <0.001
RER at peak oxygen consumption 1.10 (0.1) 1.09 (0.1) 0.20
BMI (kg*m−2) 27.0 (4.3) 26.6 (4.6) 0.32
# achieving 3 of 4 criteria n=219 n= 122 <0.01
Any Early Termination Due to Adverse Event n= 7 n= 13 0.03

Values are means (standard deviation) unless otherwise noted. Abbreviations: CDR = Clinical Dementia Rating, bpm = beats per minute, s = seconds