Men in WP | Men in PAP | Women in WP | Women in PAP | |||||||||
Outcome (unit) | T0 (n = 37) | T6 (n = 37) | T12 (n = 36) | T0 (n = 48) | T6 (n = 48 | T12 (n = 45) | T0 (n = 40) | T6 (n = 40) | T12 (n = 35) | T0 (n = 27) | T6 (n = 27) | T12 (n = 22) |
MMSE (points)*‡ | 29 (28–29) | 28 (28–29) | 28 (27–29) | 29 (28–29) | 28 (27–29) | 28 (28–29) | 29 (28–29) | 28 (28–29) | 29 (27–29) | 29 (28–30) | 29 (27–30) | 29 (27–30) |
AVLT 1–5 (words)* | 32.7 (7.8) | 33.7 (10.8) | 30.1 (9.4) | 30.4 (6.9) | 33.2 (9.1) | 30.3 (9.0) | 34.6 (8.2) | 34.2 (11.1) | 32.1 (9.0) | 34.3 (8.3) | 34.7 (7.6) | 33.0 (7.7) |
AVLT 6 (words)* | 5.9 (2.5) | 6.2 (3.0) | 5.1 (2.9) | 5.3 (2.3) | 6.3 (3.1) | 4.7 (2.6) | 6.3 (2.6) | 6.2 (3.6) | 5.6 (3.0) | 6.0 (2.3) | 6.5 (3.1) | 5.5 (2.7) |
SCWT-A task 1 (s)† | 19.1 (3.8) | 19.3 (4.3) | 20.1 (4.7) | 19.3 (3.6) | 19.3 (4.6) | 18.8 (3.9) | 21.1 (5.8) | 20.6 (5.4) | 19.9 (4.7) | 20.2 (3.5) | 20.4 (4.3) | 21.4 (4.2) |
SCWT-A task 2 (s)† | 25.4 (4.2) | 25.1 (5.1) | 25.0 (4.8) | 25.3 4.9) | 25.6 (5.6) | 26.1 (5.3) | 26.5 (5.7) | 26.9 (6.1) | 25.4 (5.3) | 26.0 (5.1) | 24.7 (4.8) | 25.4 (4.1) |
SCWT-A task 3 (s)† | 60.5 (20.0) | 65.4 (25.7) | 57.9 (14.0) | 59.0 (18.8) | 62.1 (30.9) | 58.4 (22.1) | 63.2 (22.1) | 64.7 (24.4) | 60.7 (25.3) | 65.6 (20.0) | 71.2 (33.4) | 65.2 (24.8) |
DSST (symbols)* | 35.5 (10.7) | 36.4 (10.4) | 35.5 (10.0) | 38.6 (10.0) | 38.8 (9.5) | 38.4 (11.3) | 34.7 (9.7) | 35.0 (9.9) | 35.5 (9.6) | 35.5 (10.5) | 35.2 (12.6) | 34.4 (8.6) |
VFT (words)* | 30.4 (9.9) | 31.7 (8.9) | 32.6 (8.0) | 30.3 (11.0) | 33.5 (12.3) | 34.7 (14.2) | 29.7 (9.2) | 30.6 (8.2) | 36.1 (11.3) | 27.7 (8.6) | 31.4 (9.3) | 33.8 (11.0) |
AVLT, auditory verbal learning test; DSST, digit symbol substitution test; PAP, placebo activity programme; s, seconds; SCWT-A, Stroop colour word test—abridged; VFT, verbal fluency test; WP, walking programme .
*Higher score indicates better performance; †lower score indicates better performance; ‡median (25th–75th percentiles)