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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants including sex differences (n = 100)

From: Association of physical fitness with quality of life in community-dwelling older adults aged 80 and over in Poland: a cross-sectional study

Feature

Women (N = 67)

Men (N = 33)

Student’s t-test

M

SD

M

SD

t

p

1-β

Age [years]

82.9

2.7

83.0

3.4

−0.14

0.887

 

Height [cm]

157.9

5.5

170.1

4.8

−10.76

< 0.001

1.000

Body mass [kg]

68.5

9.9

77.4

8.3

−4.43

< 0.001

0.994

BMI [kg/m2]

27.46

3.85

26.77

2.77

0.92

0.358

 
  1. Abbreviations: BMI body mass index, N number of participants, M mean, SD standard deviation, t t-quantile, p statistical significance, 1-β power of the test
  2. Notes: *values in bold indicate statistical significance (p < 0.05)
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