TABLE 1.

Demographic data for intervention and control groups at the time of the pretest. Values are mean (SD), unless otherwise indicated

	Intervention (n = 27)	Control (n = 26)	p‐value
Number of males/females	6/21	5/21
Age	73.30 (5.66)	72.85 (5.15)	.768
Years of education	13.00 (2.05)	13.08 (2.11)	.896
MMSE	28.85 (1.38)	28.46 (1.08)	.267
Exercise a	3.48 (1.29)	3.62 (1.21)	.704

^a Frequency of exercise: less than 0.5 times per week = 1; 0.5 to less than 1.5 times per week = 2; 1.5 to less than 2.5 times per week = 3; 2.5 to less than 4.5 times per week = 4; more than 4.5 times per week = 5. MMSE, Mini‐Mental State Examination; SD, standard deviation.