Table 2.

Characteristics of the study participants

Characteristics	Intervention group	Control group
	N = 29	N = 29
Age, years	77 [72, 82]	77 [74, 79]
Sex, women	25 (86.2)	24 (82.8)
Hypertension, yes	16 (55.2)	7 (24.1)
Heart disease, yes	9 (31.0)	2 (6.9)
Diabetes, yes	8 (27.6)	4 (13.8)
Hyperlipidemia, yes	13 (44.8)	8 (27.6)
Osteoporosis, yes	9 (31.0)	9 (31.0)
Respiratory disease, yes	2 (6.9)	4 (13.8)
Low‐back pain, yes	10 (34.5)	8 (27.6)
Knee pain, yes	9 (31.0)	10 (34.5)

Data are shown as median [interquartile range] or n (%).