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Table 2.

Comparison of Changes in Aerobic Fitness, Neurocognition, and Brain-Derived Neurotropic Factor Following Aerobic Exercise or Treatment as Usual

	Treatment	Intention to Treat (n = 33)				Study Completers (n = 26)				Cohen’s d ^b
	Treatment	Mean Δ	SD	F ^a	P	Mean Δ	SD	F ^a	P	Cohen’s d ^b
Aerobic fitness	Treatment as usual	−0.71	2.78	3.62	.001**	−0.48	3.07	12.24	.002**	1.06
Aerobic fitness	Aerobic exercise	3.11	3.26	3.62	.001**	3.82	3.21	12.24	.002**	1.06
Neurocognition	Treatment as usual	0.35	7.16	1.34	.19	−1.15	5.80	5.24	.031*	0.93
Neurocognition	Aerobic exercise	3.25	4.93	1.34	.19	4.00	5.21	5.24	.031*	0.93
BDNF	Treatment as usual	1.39	4.64	0.08	.94	0.17	3.50	0.76	.46	0.30
BDNF	Aerobic exercise	1.26	5.02	0.08	.94	1.55	5.56	0.76	.46	0.30

Note: Aerobic fitness, VO₂peak (ml/kg/min); Neurocognition, MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery (MCCB) composite score; BDNF, serum BDNF (ng/ml).

^aControlling for the impact of sex, age, and changes in antipsychotics, antidepressants and phase of menstrual cycle.

^bFor study completers.

*P < .05, **P < .01.