Table 2.
General characteristics of the participants.
| Variable (n = 226) | male | female |
| sex (percentage) | 19 (n = 42) | 81 (n = 184) |
| mean age (± sd) | 81.6 (± 4.5) | 81.5 (± 5.8) |
| mean percentage fat (± sd) | 32.7 (± 8.7) | 43.2 (± 7.9) |
| mean BMI (± sd) | 26.8 (± 4.3) | 29.1 (± 5.3) |
| marital status (percentage) | ||
| - not married | 0.0 | 4.9 |
| - married | 50.0 | 14.7 |
| - widowed | 45.2 | 78.1 |
| - divorced | 4.8 | 2.2 |
| type of residence (percentage) | ||
| - residential care | 16.7 | 17.0 |
| - extended care | 82.3 | 83.0 |
| Perceived health (percentage) | ||
| - excellent/good | 40.5 | 39.9 |
| - reasonable | 50.0 | 47.6 |
| - variable/bad | 9.5 | 12.5 |
| quality of life (percentage) | ||
| - excellent/good | 28.6 | 25.7 |
| - reasonable | 59.5 | 57.9 |
| - variable/bad | 11.9 | 16.4 |
| level of physical activity (minutes per day, median) | 94.3 | 105.0 |
| medication use (% no medication used during the last 6 months) | 29.9 | 25.0 |