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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 16.
Published in final edited form as: Motiv Sci. 2015 Apr 20;1(1):22–36. doi: 10.1037/mot0000012

Table 1.

Demographic Data

Young Adults Older Adults

M SD M SD
Age (years) 29.3 6.2 71.7 5.0
Education (years)* 15.6 2.2 17.3 2.1
SF36 Physical Health* 50.8 6.8 45.3 7.8
SF36 Mental Health* 50.3 8.1 57.3 6.7
Baseline HR (bpm) 75.0 10.2 72.0 10.6
Baseline SBP (mmHg)* 114.8 12.9 127.8 19.3
Baseline DBP (mmHg)* 68.7 8.9 64.5 9.9
WAIS III Vocabulary 48.7 9.0 51.42 9.0
WAIS III Digit-Symbol Substitution* 83.7 18.4 70.10 15.2
WAIS III Letter-Number Sequencing 12.3 2.7 11.4 2.6
*

Age difference significant at p < .05.