Table 1.

General characteristics of elderly living in long-term care facilities (N = 157)

	Resistance training (n = 40)	Functional training (n = 41)	Combined training (n = 45)	Control (n = 31)
Age, mean ± SD, yr	81.0 (± 5.8)	82.1 (± 4.9)	80.9 (± 6.3)	81.3 (± 4.4)
Sex, No. (%) male/female	11(27)/29(73)	8(20)/33(80)	7(16)/38(84)	5(16)/26(84)
marital status, No. (%)
- Married	8 (20)	7 (17)	10 (22)	11(36)
- Widowed	28 (70)	30 (73)	32 (71)	19 (61)
- never married	1 (3)	2 (5)	3 (7)	1 (3)
- divorced	3 (8)	2 (5)	-	-
type of residence, No. (%)
- nursing home	6 (15)	5 (12)	7 (16)	2 (7)
- residential care	34 (85)	36 (88)	38 (84)	29 (93)