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. 2022 Mar 16;12:107. doi: 10.1038/s41398-022-01873-6

Table 1.

Sample characteristics.

Whole sample (N = 99) Cognitively unimpaired (N = 51) Cognitively impaired (N = 48)
% % % P-value
Female 21.2% 19.6% 22.9% 0.687
University degree 29.3% 33.3% 25.0% 0.363
Law enforcement 73.7% 80.4% 66.7% 0.121
Race/ethnicity
White 73.7% 84.3% 62.5% 0.104
Hispanic 12.1% 7.8% 16.7%
Black 10.1% 5.9% 14.6%
Other 4.0% 2.0% 6.3%
Post-traumatic stress disorder 47.5% 47.1% 47.9% 0.932
Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD P-value
Age, years 56.37 5.19 56.37 4.59 56.36 5.81 0.993
SPPB Score 10.78 2.03 11.02 1.78 10.51 2.25 0.057
Gait Score 3.81 0.59 3.86 0.49 3.74 0.67 0.410
 Mean walking speed, m/s 0.94 0.20 0.99 0.19 0.89 0.20 0.023
Chair Rise Score 3.17 1.12 3.31 1.10 3.02 1.13 0.078
 Mean chair-rise speed, r/s 0.53 0.18 0.55 0.17 0.51 0.18 0.287
Balance Score 3.80 0.77 3.84 0.70 3.74 0.85 0.402
Maximal handgrip, lbs 56.58 17.46 58.27 16.35 54.77 18.58 0.362
Episodic memory 0.64 0.17 0.72 0.19 0.56 0.10 2.22E-06
Intraindividual response variability 0.10 0.04 0.09 0.03 0.12 0.04 3.04E-05
Response speed, r/ds 0.76 0.09 0.79 0.07 0.72 0.09 1.01E-04
Visuospatial learning 75.08 47.36 57.08 15.42 95.04 61.21 1.55E-04
Visuospatial memory 13.28 9.09 9.47 4.33 17.50 10.99 2.03E-05
Processing speed, r/ds 0.63 0.05 0.65 0.04 0.61 0.06 2.67E-04
Attention 1.36 0.20 1.43 0.14 1.28 0.22 1.71E-04
Visual memory 0.95 0.12 0.99 0.12 0.91 0.10 3.27E-04
Throughput 0.32 0.04 0.33 0.04 0.30 0.03 3.55E-05
Intracranial volume, cm3 1578.50 147.00 1583.26 128.25 1573.44 165.86 0.744
Cerebellar cortical thickness, mm 5.00 0.29 5.08 0.00 4.91 0.00 0.002
Cerebellar asymmetry, % −0.32 1.33 −0.43 0.27 −0.20 0.29 0.406

P-values determined using Welch’s t-test and tests of proportions to compare CU to CI group.

CU cognitively unimpaired, CI cognitively impaired, SPBB Short Physical Performance Battery, IRV intraindividual response variability, SD standard deviation, cm centimeter, mm millimeter, lbs pounds.