Table 1.

Study population characteristics

	n	Age (years)	Height (cm)	Weight (kg)
Young	28	41.14 ± 3.09a	163.74 ± 6.24a	68.18 ± 12.29b
Elderly	124	74.42 ± 3.44	158.59 ± 6.45	69.38 ± 12.24

Age, height and weight mean S.D. Statistical significance levels for comparison of young with elderly women are given as follows:

^aP < 0.001;

^bP > 0.01;

^cP < 0.05;

ns: P > 0.05.