Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the participants at baseline.

Baseline characteristics	Intervention group	Control group	p value
	(n = 140)	(n = 140)
Age (years), mean (SD)	76.27 (4.06)	76.42 (4.19)	0.761
Women, n (%)	59 (53.2)	52 (46.8)	0.464
Education level (years), mean (SD)	11.67 (2.61)	12.11 (2.52)	0.150
Medication (number), mean (SD)	3.03 (2.28)	3.26 (2.93)	0.453
IADL (score), mean (SD)	11.74 (2.78)	11.81 (3.01)	0.837
BMI (score), mean (SD)	22.50 (2.90)	22.82 (2.78)	0.339
GDS (score), mean (SD)	2.76 (2.24)	2.55 (2.25)	0.441

IADL, instrumental activities of daily living; BMI, body mass index; GDS, geriatric depression scale.