Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of the 20 to 94 year old ambulatory rehabilitation patients (n = 215)
| Men (n = 102) | Women (n = 113) | Combined (n = 215) | |
| Age (yr) | 71.7 ± 12.1 (24 – 94) | 71.4 ± 15.5* (20 – 90) | 71.5 ± 14.0 (20 – 94) |
| Height (cm) | 171.3 ± 6.1 (154 – 186) | 159.0 ± 6.2† (146 – 180) | 164.9 ± 8.7 (146 – 186) |
| Mass (kg) | 77.0 ± 14.3 (40.3 – 132.5) | 70.3 ± 21.0‡ (41.1 – 156.0) | 73.5 ± 18.4 (40.3 – 156.0) |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 26.2 ± 4.2 (15.2 – 39.1) | 27.6 ± 7.0* (13.6 – 53.3) | 26.9 ± 5.9 (13.6 – 53.3) |
| % BF | 28.9 ± 5.4 (15.1 – 44.1) | 42.7 ± 6.8‡ (22.6 – 57.6) | 36.2 ± 9.3 (15.1 – 57.6) |
| Length of stay (days) | 14.8 ± 17.1 (3 – 120) | 13.9 ± 10.5* (3 – 65) | 14.4 ± 14.0 (3 – 120) |
| TUG (sec; n = 213)§ | 31.7 ± 29.2 (7.7 – 207.6) | 33.7 ± 21.8* (8.2 – 131.6) | 32.7 ± 25.5 (7.7 – 207.6) |
| MBI (n = 214)§ | 91.9 ± 6.4 (71 – 100) | 92.7 ± 6.7 (56 – 100) | 92.3 ± 6.6 (56 – 100) |
| FIM (n = 210)§ | 109.0 ± 10.4 (68 – 124) | 107.8 ± 10.5 (75 – 124) | 108.4 ± 10.4 (68 – 124) |
| Max Quad strength (kg) | 7.5 ± 3.5 (1.5 – 16.8) | 5.4 ± 2.8‡ (0.4 – 13.1) | 6.4 ± 3.3 (0.4 – 16.8) |
All values are ± SD; range in parentheses; %BF = percent body fat; TUG = Timed Up-and-Go; MBI = modified Barthel Index; FIM = Functional Independence Measure
* Non-significant; † p < 0.001; ‡ p < 0.05
§ Subjects with missing data were excluded from the corresponding analyses.