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Table 2 Sample characteristics of PwD at baseline

From: Physical activity and the outcome of cognitive trajectory: a machine learning approach

Characteristics

Total

[n = 319]

IG

[n = 161]

CG

[n = 158]

Group

differences

 

M (SD)

M (SD)

M (SD)

P

Age (years)

86.2 (6.1)

85.8 (6.3)

86.7 (5.8)

0.158

BMI (kg/m2)

28.0 (4.8){n=281}

28.2 (4.7){n=144}

27.8 (4.9){n=137}

0.469

CIRS_MI

9.2 (4.7){n=186}

9.2 (4.4){n=104}

9.2 (5.2){n=82}

0.909

Number of medications

7.0 (3.9){n=247}

7.3 (3.9){n=125}

6.7 (4.0){n=122}

0.188

TUG

24.4 (13.7){n=238}

23.8 (15.9){n=144}

25.0 (12.2){n=139}

0.477

 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

P

Sex

   

0.168

 Female

274 (85.9)

134 (83.2)

140 (88.6)

 

 Male

45 (14.1)

27 (16.8)

18 (11.4)

 

Diagnosis of dementia

   

0.165

 Yes

211 (66.1)

111 (68.9)

100 (63.3)

 

 No

56 (17.6)

30 (18.6)

26 (16.5)

 

 Unknown

52 (16.3)

20 (12.4)

32 (20.3)

 

Type of dementia

   

0.019

 AD

52 (16.3)

26 (16.1)

26 (16.5)

 

 Vascular dementia

46 (14.4)

32 (19.9)

14 (8.9)

 

 Mixed dementia

8 (2.5)

3 (1.9)

5 (3.2)

 

 Other

4 (1.3)

4 (2.5)

0

 

 Unknown

209 (65.5)

96 (59.6)

113 (71.5)

 
  1. BMI Body Mass Index, CG Control group, CIRS_MI Morbidity Index of the Cumulative Illness Rating Scale, df Degree of freedom, IG Intervention group, M Mean, n Number of individuals with dementia, SD Standard deviation, TUG Timed-Up and Go Test; {n =}, number of participants with missing information on a given variable