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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Mov Disord. 2015 Jul 6;30(12):1657–1663. doi: 10.1002/mds.26291

Table 3.

Cognitive outcomes at baseline, 12, and 24 months, and change from baseline at 12 and 24 months

Z-Score at visit: Median (IQR) Change from baseline: Median
(IQR), p value1
mFC PRET mFC PRET
Digit Span Forwards and Backwards2
  Baseline 0 (−0.3, 0.6) 0.3 (−0.3, 0.8)
  12 months 0.3 (−0.3, 1.3) 1 (0, 1.7) 0.3 (0, 0.7)
p = 0.04
0.7 (0.3, 1)
p < 0.01
  24 months 1 (0, 2) 1 (0.2, 1.3) 0.7 (0.3, 1.7)
p < 0.01
0.5 (0.2, 0.8)
p < 0.01
Stroop Color-Word Interference2
  Baseline −0.3 (−0.9, 0.3) −0.9 (−1.7, 0.1)
  12 months −0.1 (−0.8, 0.8) −0.2 (−1.2, 0.4) 0.3 (0, 0.6)
p = 0.04
0.2 (−0.1, 0.8)
p = 0.08
  24 months −0.1 (−0.8, 0.8) −0.1 (−1.7, 0.4) 0.3 (0.1, 0.5)
p = 0.03
0.2 (−0.1, 0.6)
p = 0.048
Brief Test of Attention2
  Baseline 0.1 (−0.7, 0.8) 0.4 (−0.5, 0.7)
  12 months 0.4 (−0.4, 1.2) 0.4 (−0.4, 0.9) 0.3 (−0.3, 1)
p = 0.07
0 (−0.3, 0.5)
p = 0.11
  24 months −0.1 (−0.4, 0.9) 0.4 (0.1, 1.2) 0.1 (−0.3, 0.8)
p = 0.50
0.3 (0, 0.8)
p = 0.048

IQR, Inter-Quartile Range; mFC, Modified Fitness Counts; PRET, Progressive Resistance Exercise Training

1

P values calculated using the Wilcoxon Signed Rank test

2

Positive change score from baseline is indicative of improvement