TABLE 1.
Participants’ characteristics, cardiorespiratory fitness, and cognitive data.
| Characteristic | |
| Age | 67.65 ± 5.42 |
| Sex | 14 (M)/46 (W) |
| Education (years) | 15.20 ± 3.54 |
| Mini-Mental State Examination | 27.98 ± 1.55 |
| Body Mass Index | 26.82 ± 4.80 |
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| Cardiorespiratory fitness | |
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| Maximal graded exercise test (ml.kg–1.min–1) | 21.24 ± 4.51 |
| Rockport Fitness Walking Test (ml.kg–1.min–1) | 18.31 ± 7.57 |
| Non-exercise prediction equation (ml.kg–1.min–1) | 24.38 ± 6.52 |
| Rockport Fitness Walking Test completion time (s) | 1095.02 ± 105.96 |
| Heart Rate (bpm; rest) | 66.47 ± 11.71 |
| Heart Rate (bpm; after Rockport Fitness Walking Test) | 117.00 ± 17.17 |
| Self-Reported Physical Activity Questionnaire (score 0 to 4) | 1.61 ± 1.18 |
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| Cognition: Updating task | |
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| N-Back 1 RT (ms) | 1014.08 ± 176.22 |
| N-Back 2 RT (ms) | 1242.34 ± 254.06 |
| N-Back 1 accuracy (%) | 89.5 |
| N-Back 2 accuracy (%) | 62.5 |
| Updating cost (%) | 23 |
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| Cognition: Stroop task | |
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| Reading condition RT (ms) | 1035 ± 155.56 |
| Counting condition RT (ms) | 1054.45 ± 165.84 |
| Inhibition RT (ms) | 1194.97 ± 188.82 |
| Switching RT (ms) | 1545.88 ± 277.08 |
| Reading condition accuracy (%) | 96.32 |
| Counting condition accuracy (%) | 96.26 |
| Inhibition accuracy (%) | 96.93 |
| Switching accuracy (%) | 92.67 |
| Interference cost (%) | 14 |
| Global switching cost (%) | 21 |
| Local switching cost (%) | 19 |