Table 1 Participants’ somatometric, clinical, functional, and pathological characteristics measured at age 51–52 by sex
Variable | Women (N = 50) | Men (N = 32) | ||||||
Quantitative variables | Median | Min | Max | Median | Min | Max | ||
Adult height (m) | 1.54 | 1.40 | 1.62 | 1.65 | 1.53 | 1.82 | ||
Right Leg Length (cm) | 82.0 | 71.0 | 87.6 | 84.6 | 73.0 | 96.2 | ||
Knee height (cm) | 42.9 | 37.0 | 50.5 | 46.8 | 40.3 | 51.0 | ||
Foot width (cm) | 9.0 | 8.0 | 10.5 | 10.0 | 9.0 | 11.0 | ||
Body Mass Index (kg/m2) | 29.8 | 20.8 | 42.1 | 27.8 | 21.5 | 39.6 | ||
Lean mass index (muscular kg/m2) | 15.55 | 12.30 | 19.30 | 18.45 | 14.90 | 22.70 | ||
Energy expenditure (kcal/day) | 2,055.3 | 1,781.7 | 2,626.4 | 2,938.60 | 2,503.8 | 4,031.5 | ||
Bioelectric impedance phase angle (°) | 5.3 | 3.4 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 6.6 | ||
Resting respiratory rate (breaths/minute) | 18 | 15 | 24 | 20 | 14 | 25 | ||
Resting Diastolic Blood Pressure (mmHg) | 70 | 50 | 98 | 77 | 60 | 96 | ||
Pulse pressure (mmHg) | 40 | 25 | 80 | 40 | 24 | 68 | ||
Uric acid blood concentration (mg/dl) | 4.8 | 3.0 | 8.2 | 6.2 | 4.1 | 9.0 | ||
Depression Score | 5 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 12 | ||
Frailty index | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
Grip strength (kg) | 22 | 12 | 32 | 40 | 21 | 52 | ||
Gait speed (cm/s) | 105.8 | 66.1 | 157.9 | 107.7 | 79.3 | 152.9 | ||
Chair stand test (stands/30 s) | 16 | 12 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 26 | ||
Bipodal balance (s) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | ||
Semitandem balance (s) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | ||
Tandem balance | 10 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | ||
One-legged balance | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | ||
Women | Men | |||||||
Dichotomous variables | n | % | n | % | ||||
Type 2 diabetes mellitus | 10 | 20% | 5 | 16% | ||||
Systemic arterial hypertension | 11 | 22% | 7 | 22% | ||||
Mini-Mental State Examination (deficit defined by Folstein criterion) | 5 | 10% | 4 | 13% | ||||