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Table 1 Characteristics of the participants

From: Intra-day variation in daily outdoor walking speed among community-dwelling older adults

 

Robust (n = 62)

Pre-frail (n = 30)

p†

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Age (years)

72.1

5.43

71.3

6.10

0.520

Height (cm)

158.8

9.76

156.8

8.20

0.330

Weight (kg)

57.5

10.87

57.5

13.13

0.999

Grip strength (kg)

29.7

8.19

24.1

6.78

0.002

Normal walking speed (m/s)

1.46

0.217

1.35

0.200

0.029

Female (n, %)

36

58.1

21

70.0

0.269

Hypertension (n, %)

25

40.3

13

43.3

0.783

Stroke (n, %)

3

4.8

2

6.7

0.717

Heart disease (n, %)

8

12.9

7

23.3

0.204

Diabetes (n, %)

4

6.5

3

10.0

0.547

  1. †t-test or chi-square test. Bold: p < 0.05