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. 2022 Jun 9;13:923076. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.923076

TABLE 1.

Summary of group-level demographic and behavioral measures.

Measure Younger (N = 10) Older (N = 12) t p
Age 23.5 ± 3.1 66.9 ± 5.0 –25.01 < 0.0001**
Sex 4F/6M 6F/6M 0.69
Years of education 15.5 ± 1.4 15.9 ± 0.9 –0.80 0.44
MOCA score 27.8 ± 1.6 27.4 ± 1.7 0.54 0.59
Beck depression inventory II 4.5 ± 6.8 5.3 ± 3.6 –0.31 0.76
Cognitive
Digit span forward 10.8 ± 2.1 10.8 ± 2.2 0.05 0.96
Digit span backward 7.2 ± 1.5 6.3 ± 1.8 1.23 0.23
HVLT total recall 27.7 ± 2.5 22.3 ± 5.6 2.97 0.009**
HVLT delayed recall 10 ± 1.1 7.2 ± 3.0 3.07 0.008**
HVLT % retention 91.1 ± 8.1 77.0 ± 6.2 2.10 0.05**
HVLT recognition discrimination index 11.4 ± 0.7 10.0 ± 1.8 2.47 0.03**
D-KEFS letter fluency vs. category fluency 8.1 ± 3.3 10.3 ± 2.7 –1.63 0.12
D-KEFS category switching vs. category fluency 10.4 ± 2.4 8.8 ± 2.7 1.44 0.16
D-KEFS inhibition vs. color naming 12.1 ± 1.4 9.9 ± 2.2 2.79 0.01**
D-KEFS inhibition/switching vs. inhibition 9.7 ± 1.9 10.3 ± 1.6 –0.85 0.40
Verbal fluency FAS 39.6 ± 13.4 47.7 ± 9.1 –1.61 0.13
Verbal fluency animals & boys names 43.9 ± 5.1 43.1 ± 7.6 0.30 0.77
Motor cognition
Purdue pegs (Right) 15.1 ± 1.5 11.9 ± 1.6 4.93 < 0.0001**
Purdue assembly (Right) 9.1 ± 0.9 7.5 ± 1.0 4.00 0.0007**
Coin rotation unilateral (Right) 14.7 ± 5.6 14.9 ± 3.4 –0.13 0.90
Coin rotation bilateral (Right) 13.6 ± 3.7 15.2 ± 3.6 –0.99 0.33
Coin rotation unilateral (Left) 15.3 ± 4.7 18.6 ± 3.9 –1.80 0.09*
Coin rotation bilateral (Left) 15.2 ± 3.2 18.6 ± 4.2 –2.13 0.05**
Halstead finger tapping (Right) 47.0 ± 7.4 38.4 ± 8.2 2.59 0.02**
Lifestyle assessments
Godin leisure time score 1 53.6 ± 23.7 35 ± 25.1 1.57 0.14
Godin leisure time score 2 1.75 ± 1.0 2.4 ± 0.7 –1.58 0.14
Sedentary behavior questionnaire 10.6 ± 3.0 7.8 ± 3.3 1.86 0.08

t, and p denote standard statistical parameters for t-statistics and alpha threshold, respectively.

**Significant at p ≤ 0.05. Bolded text is to indicate significant or trending results.