Table 1 Comparison of parameters characterizing body posture in the study group and the control group
From: Changes in the body posture of women occurring with age
Variable | Older women | Younger women | MANN–WHITNEY U | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
xx | x | Me | s | x | Me | s | Z | p |
ALPHA [°] | 24.53 | 14.10 | 25.67 | 26.74 | 14.50 | 24.96 | 0.3919 | 0.6952 |
BETA [°] | 5.53 | 4.50 | 4.23 | 4.08 | 3.00 | 4.72 | -2.9358 | 0.0033 |
GAMMA [°] | 41.25 | 37.80 | 23.25 | 25.92 | 14.05 | 21.49 | -4.9632 | 0.0000 |
KPT [°] | -11.88 | -9.70 | 17.13 | -2.03 | -3.55 | 14.92 | 4.3808 | 0.0000 |
KKP [°] | 138.31 | 147.20 | 21.76 | 150.55 | 161.45 | 21.29 | 4.3320 | 0.0000 |
GKP [mm] | -7.02 | -7.50 | 19.90 | 3.60 | 3.80 | 9.55 | 3.7103 | 0.0002 |
KLL [°] | 185.86 | 170.70 | 34.09 | 186.68 | 167.45 | 35.72 | -1.6231 | 0.1046 |
GLL [mm] | -6.15 | -8.30 | 14.19 | -12.74 | -9.80 | 28.04 | -1.5296 | 0.1261 |
KNT [°] | 0.13 | 0.10 | 1.43 | -0.65 | -0.55 | 1.24 | -3.6393 | 0.0003 |
KLB [mm] | 2.52 | 0.00 | 9.84 | -0.88 | 0.00 | 8.70 | -2.3285 | 0.0199 |
UL [mm] | 2.38 | 1.90 | 12.32 | -1.28 | -0.90 | 7.05 | -3.3831 | 0.0007 |
UB [mm] | -0.65 | -0.80 | 8.52 | -1.64 | -0.80 | 7.13 | -0.7035 | 0.4818 |
OL [mm] | -3.67 | -3.80 | 12.50 | -0.80 | -0.05 | 12.40 | 1.5676 | 0.1170 |
UK [mm] | -0.60 | -1.40 | 6.06 | -2.00 | -2.90 | 4.88 | -1.6231 | 0.1046 |