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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Aging. 2020 Sep 24;35(8):1154–1169. doi: 10.1037/pag0000580

Table 1.

Sample characteristics

N Minimum Maximum M SD
Age 228 60 78 65.3 4.5
Sex (female) 155 68%
Race & Ethnicity
White 196 86%
Black 26 11.4%
Asian 6 2.6%
Non-Hispanic 224 98.2%
Hispanic 3 1.3%
Socioeconomic factors
Household annual income:
<40,000 54 23.7%
>40,000 134 58.8%
Not known 40 17.5%
Years of education 234 12 26 15.9 3.0
Employment status:
Full time >35 h/week 51 22%
Part time <35h/week 30 13%
Retired, part time 33 15%
Retired, not working 107 47%
Unemployed or other 7 3 %
Comfort using a computer* 228 1 5 3.5 1.2
Adult education** 228 0 3 .4 .7
Cardiometabolic health
VO2 peak [ml/kg/min] 226 6.5 34.2 19.7 4.7
Mean arterial pressure 226 75 119 97 8
Cardiovascular History score 228 0 9 3.7 2.0
Body mass index 226 15 51 31 6
Diabetes (positive) 32 14%
Functional health
Self-rated health*** 227 1 4 2 (median) .76
Physical health score 228 22 63 47 9
Functional fitness**** 227 −1.12 1.04 −.0017 .36
Cognition *****
Perceptual Speed
Digit symbol 227 15 110 65.4 14.5
Pattern comparison 228 8 26 15 2.9
Letter comparison 228 4.5 18 9.6 2.0
Memory
Word recall 228 19 65 44 8.8
Logical memory 228 18 63 43.7 8.6
Paired associates (correct items averaged across 12 word pairs) 223 0 1 0.34 0.25
Reasoning
Shipley abstract 228 3 20 12 3.3
Form board total 195 0 21 5.7 3.7
Letter set total 196 4 15 11.1 2.7
Matrix reasoning total 197 1 16 8.1 3.0
Paper folding total 198 1 11 5.4 2.5
Spatial relations 198 0 20 8.0 4.6
Vocabulary
WIAS vocabulary total 228 9 61 46.1 10.3
Picture vocabulary total 228 4 29 20.0 4.8
Synonym total 197 0 10 6.9 2.7
Antonym total 198 0 10 6.0 3.1
Mini Mental Status Exam 228 26 30 28.7 1.2
Physical activity
Sedentary Time (min/day) 228 295 810 537 83
Light PA (min/day) 228 147 528 276 69
Moderate to vigorous PA (min/day) 228 4.7 139 40****** 37******
Wear time (days) 228 3 17 7 1
Average Counts (counts/day) 228 49035 553117 181121 80040

Note.

*

1: low to 5: proficient;

**

0: never participated, 1: 1–2 classes, 2: 3–5 classes, 3: > 5 classes;

***

1: Excellent, 2: Very Good, 3: Good, 4: Fair, 5: Poor;

****

Descriptive statistics for the nine tasks from the functional fitness test are presented in the Supplementary material II;

*****

Units refer to correct responses unless specified otherwise;

******

Due to skewness, median and interquartile range are presented instead of mean and SD.