Table 2. Means and standard deviations/median and interquartile range of functional tests and level of physical activity of the group without dementia and the group with AD.
| Elderly without dementia (N = 30) | Alzheimer's disease (N = 24) | P | Effect size (d) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean ± standard deviations | Median/Interquartile range | Mean ± standard deviations | Median/Interquartile range | ||||
| 30-s Chair-Stand Test | - | 14.5/12.0-19.0 | - | 11.0/9.0-13.5 | <0.01* | 1.10 | |
| Arm Curl Test | - | 21.0/18.0-29.0 | - | 17.0/13.0-21.0 | <0.01* | 1.74 | |
| Wells Test | - | 22.0/18.0-28.0 | - | 20.0/13.0-25.5 | 0.17 | - | |
| TUG Time | 7.3 ± 1.8 | - | 8.6 ± 1.9 | - | <0.01* | 0.70 | |
| TUG Steps | - | 54.0/52.0-56.0 | - | 16.0/14.0-88.0 | <0.27 | - | |
| BFBS (points) | - | 54.0/52.0-56.0 | - | 52.0/50.0-54.0 | 0.04* | 0.43 | |
| MBQ Household Chores | - | 2.0/1.6-2.4 | - | 1.2/0.8-1.8 | <0.01* | 1.37 | |
| MBQ Sports Activities | - | 0.0/0.0-2.2 | - | 0.0/0.0-0.0 | 0.07 | - | |
| MBQ Leisure | - | 0.5/0.0-1.2 | - | 0.0/0.0-1.4 | 0.41 | - | |
| MBQ Total Score | - | 3.0/2.4-5.5 | - | 1.9/1.0-4.3 | <0.01* | 0.72 | |
| Pedometer (steps) | - | 6154/4317-8556 | - | 1509/605-4411 | <0.01* | 0.93 | |
TUG: Timed Up-and-Go; BFBS: Berg Functional Balance Scale; MBQ: Modified Baecke Questionnaire for Older Adults
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p ≤ 0.05. Student's t-test for TUG time and Mann Whitney's U test for the other items.