Table 1.
Baseline Demographic Characteristics for Participants.
| Variablea | Aerobic training (n = 54) |
Balance and tone (n = 47) |
Total (N = 101) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, years | 67.37 (5.68) | 65.30 (5.89) | 66.41 (5.84) |
| Sex, % female | 74.1 | 61.7 | 68.3 |
| Education, no. (%) | |||
| Ninth grade or less | 1 (1.9) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.0) |
| High school graduate | 7 (13.0) | 7 (14.9) | 14 (13.9) |
| Some college or vocational school | 17 (31.5) | 11 (23.4) | 28 (27.7) |
| College graduate | 11 (20.4) | 10 (21.3) | 21 (20.8) |
| Master’s degree | 13 (24.1) | 12 (25.5) | 25 (24.8) |
| PhD or equivalent | 5 (9.3) | 7 (14.9) | 12 (11.9) |
| Modified Mini-Mental Status Examination, max. 100 | 54.92 (1.88) | 55.28 (1.70) | 55.09 (1.80) |
| Timed Up and Go, s | 5.62 (0.96) | 5.68 (1.01) | 5.65 (0.98) |
| Left putamen volume, mm3 | 4378.36 (575.62)* | 4624.53 (597.81) | 4492.91 (596.01) |
| Right putamen volume, mm3 | 4444.74 (505.05) | 4616.81 (608.85) | 4524.81 (559.60) |
| Left caudate volume, mm3 | 3110.28 (449.90) | 3103.53 (485.24) | 3107.14 (464.33) |
| Right caudate volume, mm3 | 3280.88 (470.40) | 3287.53 (443.81) | 3283.97 (455.95) |
| Left pallidum volume, mm3 | 1842.43 (334.25) | 1815.55 (333.94) | 1829.92 (332.71) |
| Right pallidum volume, mm3 | 1810.97 (349.39) | 1772.57 (264.54) | 1793.10 (311.86) |
a
Data presented as Mean (SD) unless otherwise indicated.
*
p ≤ 0.05