Table 1.
Patients’ characteristics at baseline.
| Characteristics | Exercise group | Controls | Total | |||
| Gender, n (%) | ||||||
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Male | 4 (29) | 3 (50) | 7 (35) | ||
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Female | 10 (71) | 3 (50) | 13 (65) | ||
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 43 (14) | 51 (12) | 45 (14) | |||
| Height (cm), mean (SD) | 171 (8) | 168 (7) | 170 (8) | |||
| Weight (kg), mean (SD) | 77 (17) | 88 (11) | 80 (16) | |||
| Body mass index (kg/m2), mean (SD) | 26.5 (5.6) | 31.3 (4.3) | 27.0 (5.6) | |||
| Depression scores, mean (SD) | ||||||
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QIDS-SRa | 16 (3) | 17 (4) | 16 (3) | ||
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QIDS-Cb | 14 (3) | 15 (1) | 14 (3) | ||
| Montreal Cognitive Assessment, mean (SD) | 26 (2) | 26 (3) | 26 (2) | |||
| Spiroergometry, mean (SD) | ||||||
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VO2 peakc (mL/min/kg) | 27.0 (7.6) | 23.8 (5.9) | 26.0 (7.1) | ||
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Maximum output (Watt) | 112 (37) | 110 (55) | 112 (42) | ||
| Treatment at study entry, n (%) | ||||||
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Psychotherapy alone | 2 (14) | 0 (0) | 2 (10) | ||
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Psychopharmacotherapy alone | 7 (50) | 3 (50) | 10 (50) | ||
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Psychotherapy and psychopharmacotherapy | 3 (21) | 3 (50) | 6 (30) | ||
aQIDS-SR: Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology-self-reported.
bQIDS-C: Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology-clinician-rating.
cVO2 peak: peak oxygen uptake.