TABLE 1.
Characteristics of participants.
| Characteristics |
Physically active (n = 54) |
Physically inactive (n = 36) |
t | p | ||
|
Experiment 1 |
Experiment 2 |
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| M | SD | M | SD | |||
| Age (years) | 20.7 | 2.5 | 21.6 | 1.8 | –0.029 | 0.977 |
| Body mass (kg) | 65.5 | 13.8 | 64.3 | 10.6 | 0.325 | 0.746 |
| Resting heart rate (bpm) | 63.9 | 11.0 | 70.8 | 8.3 | –1.83 | 0.73 |
| Physical activity – IPAQ (METs) | 6190.8 | 5087.1 | 176.8 | 195.6 | 7.07∗∗ | 0.000 |
| Depression – BDI | 7.3 | 5.9 | 9.94 | 6.7 | –1.89 | 0.062 |
| Cognitive screening – MoCA | 26.57 | 1.2 | 26.06 | 2.2 | 1.36 | 0.176 |
BPM, Beat per minute; IPAQ, International physical activity questionnaire; METs, Caloric expenditure; BDI, Beck depression inventory; MoCA, Montreal cognitive assessment. ∗∗p < 0.01.